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Considering Ethics When Using Sensor Data in Journalistic Practices

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ID22010679
AuthorsFrancesca Morini (0000-0002-5677-8175, Södertörn University, corresponding author), Marian Dörk (0000-0002-3469-7841, University of Applied Sciences Potsdam), Ester Appelgren (0000-0003-1428-9477, Institutionen för Naturvetenskap miljö och teknik, Journalism, Huddinge, Sweden)
Year2023
Volume11
Issue3
Pages465-483
Publication date2023-03-16
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueDigital Journalism (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2167-0811 • E-ISSN: 2167-082X
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/21670811.2022.2134161
OpenAlexW4306973638
LanguageEN
Citations received3
References cited38

As data are becoming increasingly central to journalistic practice, a number of technology-driven approaches are emerging among data journalists. This article focuses on sensor journalism, which brings new practical and ethical concerns to journalism. By interviewing and working with data journalists and journalism scholars, we analyze the new technological and ethical challenges that sensors bring to journalism. The results contribute to the knowledge on how data journalists implicitly embed ethical values into their everyday work. Furthermore, they suggest that general ethical values are revisited and extended by the influence of sensors

Data science · Engineering ethics · Ethical issues · Interview · Journalism · Media studies · Political science · Public relations · Sociology · Technical Journalism · Computer Science · Engineering · Innovative Human-Technology Interaction · Law · Mobile Crowdsensing and Crowdsourcing · Privacy, Security, and Data Protection

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