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News, numbers and public opinion in a data-driven world /

From the quality of the air we breathe to the national leaders we choose, data and statistics are a pervasive feature of daily life and daily news. But how do news, numbers and public opinion interact with each other - and with what impacts on society at large? Featuring an international roster of e...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Nguyen, An, 1975- (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York, NY : Bloomsbury Academic, 2018.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:From the quality of the air we breathe to the national leaders we choose, data and statistics are a pervasive feature of daily life and daily news. But how do news, numbers and public opinion interact with each other - and with what impacts on society at large? Featuring an international roster of established and emerging scholars, this book is the first comprehensive collection of research into the little understood processes underpinning the uses/misuses of statistical information in journalism and their socio-psychological and political effects. --
Descripción Física:1 online resource
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
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