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واقع التجارب العربية لصحافة البيانات على شبكة الإنترنت -- Contemporary practices of data journalism on the internet in Arab Media

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ملخص تهدف الدراسة الحالية إلى رصد وتقييم واقع التجارب العربية الناشئة في مجال صحافة البيانات وذلك بالاعتماد على أداة تحليل المضمون للتعرف على أنماط القصص والتقارير الصحفية المدعمة بالبيانات والتي تم تقديمها عبر المواقع الإعلامية محل الدراسة كذلك الوقوف على طبيعة الموضوعات بالإضافة للتعرف على أساليب السرد وأدوات التمثيل البصري ومصادر البيانات ونوعها. وفي ضوء ما سبق خرجت الدراسة بمجموعة من النتائج من أهمها: الاولى: أن وضع صحافة البيانات لايزال في أولى مراحل عهده، وما يلاحظ عليها هو فكرة الانجذاب نحو عرض التصورات للبيانات عبر ابراز القيمة بشكل أساسي في حين غابت السياقات الأخرى التي تتطلب مزيدا من التحقيقات الممتدة الثانية: أن صحافة البيانات هي تفاعل مستمر ما بين نموذجين قائمين هما: الأول يري أن صحافة البيانات تشير إلى نمط من الصحافة التي تعتمد على نقل الحقائق استنادا إلى الأدلة القابلة للقياس الكمي. أما النموذج الثاني يري أن صحافة البيانات تشير إلى التمازج والتداخل ما بين منطق الحوسبة والصحافة بهدف البحث فيما وراء هياكل المعلومات والبيانات والخروج بزاوية جديدة للقصة الصحفية ---- Abstract: The current study aimed to evaluate the recent emerging Arabic experiments in the field of data journalism, based on the content analysis tool to identify the patterns of stories and news reports driven by the data, which were presented through the websites “ the sample of this study” , as well as the nature of the topics, identifying the methods of narration, visual representation tools, sources and types of data. The study shows two main themes. Firstly, status of data journalism is still in its early stages, and what is noted is the idea of attracting to the perceptions of data by highlighting the value essentially while other contexts that require further investigations are absent. Secondly, data journalism is a continuous interaction between two existing models: the primary is that data journalism refers to a pattern of journalism that relies on transmission of facts based on quantifiable evidence. The secondary model suggests that data journalism refers to the mixing and overlapping between computing and journalism to come up with a new angle for the news story.
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Sultan Qaboos University
Journal of Arts & Social Sciences
Date received: 16/01/2017
Date of acceptance: 31/12/2017
Assistant Professor
Department of Polical Science
College of Economics and Polical Science
Sultan Qaboos University
hani.adam@squ.edu.om
Hani Albasoos
Volume (9) Issue (2), August 2018
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Contemporary Pracces of Data Journalism on the Internet in
Arab Media
Abstract:
The current study aimed to evaluate the recent emerging Arabic experiments in the eld of data journalism,
based on the content analysis tool to idenfy the paerns of stories and news reports driven by the data, which
were presented through the websites “ the sample of this study” , as well as the nature of the topics, idenfying
the methods of narraon, visual representaon tools, sources and types of data. The study shows two main
themes. Firstly, status of data journalism is sll in its early stages, and what is noted is the idea of aracng to the
percepons of data by highlighng the value essenally while other contexts that require further invesgaons
are absent. Secondly, data journalism is a connuous interacon between two exisng models: the primary is
that data journalism refers to a paern of journalism that relies on transmission of facts based on quanable
evidence. The secondary model suggests that data journalism refers to the mixing and overlapping between
compung and journalism to come up with a new angle for the news story.
Keywords: Data Journalism; content analysis; Arab World; Digital Media.
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Ahmed Ali Alzahrani & Marwa Atyah Mohammed
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    Adrian Holovaty  
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        
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
      
computer – assisted reporng
Precision   Data driven journalism
computaonal   journalism
Programming  journalism
algorithmic journalismjournalism
explanatory journalism
  


       
)Stalph, 2018(


       

    

        

      
       
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       




       


        




        
  



   



 
        
     
   
    


      

          
)Rogers, 2018(
       

     

        
         
   
        

)Pirrello، 2010(

   
    
        



       


       
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




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        

 
   
       

         


)Howard, 2014(




       
   
        







    
     








       



   
        


        

       

   
 
       
)Nussbaumer, 2015(




   
      )Rogers, 2018(
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



      
      


        

Graphic  Data Visualizaon
Data Maps based news

       

stories that are     
     enriched by data




    
 Polling data
        

        
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     data to invesgate
        
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

       

   
      

       


       


       
       
  

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        

         
   


 
     
       



    
       
      
      

       

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


       
 


    )Young, 2018(

       

        


      
        


google maps
       
  
dynamic maps


        


        

  )Stalph, 2018(



      

       
       
     

     



  

)Kalatzi, Bratsas, & Veglis, 2018(
       
   

       

       
        


      
        

  )Veglis & Bratsas, 2017(
    
  
       
        
       
        

  
    

    
        

   

      )Knight, 2015(

        

       
        
       
UK 
        

   

    

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
       
   Magazine style   
    Annotated chart 
Flow chartparoned poster
Slide show comic strip
       Video  


   )Satyanarayan, 2014(
       





)Pirrello، 2010(


      
  












     






        
   

       


Visual appeals

     )Coddington, 2015(
  quantave forms of journalism 
        

Computer Assisted Reporng
  Data journalism  
computaonal journalism

       
 

         
       

)Borges-Rey E. , 2016(
        
        

  

       
       
        

       




       
       


        

)Segel, 2010(
     
       



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
   


 

        
    


 



        
       
        
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


         

   
      

       

 

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
       
      

   
       
         



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      journalism
        
       
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  
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
      

       
    
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    
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
        
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        

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
       

   




       
        


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





        







     
      










        


       

        


        

 
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






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

 

      






         


  


        

        


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



   





  
SPSS "     
 Stascal Package for the Social Science V.20
       

   )Chi Square Test( 
)Nominal("Conngency Coecient"
 Mulvariate ANOVA    
)(MANOVA





       


       

 










        
     


        


      
 "Conngency Coecient"  


         

       
 
   





        
        
   
       

Rogers, Schwabish, and Bowers

      
       


      


   





      
       
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       
   


 

          


   
  
  
   
    

 
    

  
   
   



   

     

   

   

    
   


  
   
  
   
  
    
   

     
       



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       
       
 
         

      
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        
 
        


      
       

    "Conngency Coecient 
 


      


         



 
      
        
       
      
     
       


   
      




  
        

Mulvariate ANOVA
      )(MANOVA


     
   
    

   
    
   



   

     
   
    
   
   
   
   



 




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    %%  


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 
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   

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




        

       
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
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        


      

        
       



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       
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       

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        
       


      



 



   
   


         

 


      
Doyle,(   
)2018

      
        
     


      
      


         
       


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

  
      

Mulvariate ANOVA
      )(MANOVA





  

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
       

   

        
       
       
       
       


        

       
       
      

        






        
    
       
       
       

        
       
       
       
       


       
       
       
       

        
       
 
       
       

        
     
  
       
       

        
     

      
  
       

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        





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        
 


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       
       


        
      
        
  

)Pirrello, 2010(




       
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        
       


       


       

  


         
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














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



        
      
    
      
"Conngency Coecient"


         

      
        
    
         





        
  


Mulvariate ANOVA
      )(MANOVA
    

        

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         

)Howard, 2014(
       

  
     



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        


      



       



       





          
    

   


         





  
 


        




       
       
       


        
       




        
     




        

       
       
       




       
       
       

       
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


Meredith
,Broussard
       
        


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       




    



 
       
       






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







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

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Coddington, Mark. (2015). Clarifying journalism's quantitative turn: A typology for evaluating data journalism, computational journalism, and computerassisted reporting, Digital Journalism, 3(3), 331-348.