Rethinking algorithms and metrics in the newsroom. Case studies and controversies. Algorithms and metrics are transforming journalism and how newsrooms work, because using these tools editors decide ...
Colin Agur
Colin Agur is Assistant Professor in the School of Journalism & Mass Communication at the University of Minnesota - Twin Cities and a Research Fellow at the Tow Center for Digital Journalism at Columbia University. His research focuses on mobile communication, including recent and ongoing studies in mobile chat apps in journalism, and on the unexpected consequences of mass mobile phone networks. He has published research articles in Media, Culture & Society, Journalism: Theory, Practice, Criticism, Information & Culture, and the Journal of Asian & African Studies. At the International Communication Association, he is Vice Chair of the Mobile Communication Interest Group and will serve as Chair during 2017-19.
The good, the bad and the ugly: roadmap to mobile technologies and digital journalism
Mobile journalism is challenging both the ways reporters and audiences produce news. This session will explore new ways mobile technology is used in news production, and the limits and privacy and...
