数中有形:中西数据新闻中的中国国家形象研究——以中西四家数据新闻专栏为例

There is Image in Numbers:China’s Image in Data Journalism from China and the Western Countries——A Case Study of Four Data Journalism Columns in China and Western Countries

数据新闻又称数据驱动新闻,作为新闻业在数据时代的回应,是当下备受学界和业界关注的一种新闻理念和实践。探究中国形象在数据意义上和视觉意义上的生产与建构是在新闻业"计算转向"的时代背景下,我们所要面临的新课题。本研究通过内容分析法和社会网络分析法,对中西四家数据新闻媒体有关中国议题的报道进行了研究。研究发现,中西方数据新闻中有关中国议题的报道均以中性报道为主。数据新闻拥有在数据和视觉层面的话语生产能力。由于数据的跨文化特性,中西数据新闻关于中国议题的报道中因文化差异而出现的对立话语一定程度上得到了消弭,但依然有差异。

As the response of the journalism industry in the age of data,data journalism or data-driven journalism is a kind of journalism idea and practice that has received much attention from the academics and the industry.Exploring the production and construction of China’s image in the sense of data and visualization is a new issue that we should confront in the era of the"computing turn"in journalism.We use the content analysis and social network analysis to study the reports of four data journalism columns from China,the US,and Britain on Chinese issues.This study found that both Chinese and Western data journalism reports are mainly neutral reports.Data journalism has the ability to produce discourse at the data and visual levels.Due to the cross-cul tural nature of data,the opposite discourse of Chinese and Western data-driv en reports on Chinese issues has been eliminated to a certain extent.