Journalism’s ‘dirty data’ below researchers’ radar

Marcus Messner; Bruce Garrison

doi:10.1177/073953290702800408

Journalism’s ‘dirty data’ below researchers’ radar

Marcus Messner, Bruce Garrison

School of Communication

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Abstract

This study reviews the uses of and problems with databases used in reporting, including errors and the lack of effort to repair them. Scholars and professionals, despite the serious ramifications, pay little attention to the problems.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	88-100
Number of pages	13
Journal	Newspaper Research Journal
Volume	28
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/073953290702800408
State	Published - Sep 1 2007

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