Big Data Analytics for Internet of Things

15New Age Journalism and Big Data (Understanding Big Data and Its Influence on Journalism)

Asif Khan¹ and Heeba Din²

¹School of Media Studies, Central University of Kashmir, Jammu and Kashmir, India

²Department of Mass Communication, IUST, Jammu and Kashmir, India

15.1 Introduction

Data Journalism is a new exciting feature of information dissemination in the profession of Journalism. With all the latest technological revelations, the face of journalism is changing at a faster pace, and this is swaying more and more people. The amount of infographics, statistics, interactive online content via data visualization tools like maps, tables, graphs, microsites, and visual data is found to have more impact than the usual text‐only method of storytelling. The analogy goes like if you can “correlate” you are indeed a genius. In today’s journalism, data is a pressing and can enhance the impact of any report, broadcast, write‐up, or analysis. It provides credibility to it, and the in‐depth prefix can do wonders for any journalistic organization.

Although not new to the scene, the use of technology in journalism has a record as well. In the past, computers were used to draw correlations in elections or measure any social parameter. This has come to be known as computer‐assisted reporting. But if we add the sense of comparative analysis and interactive data visualization to it the results can be helpful in not only deducing plausible references but engaging audiences with vast amounts ...