Big Data, Big Problems: Emerging Issues in the Ethics of Data Science and Journalism

Journal of Mass Media Ethics: Exploring Questions of Media Morality

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 38-51

  Fairfield, Joshua ^a   Shtein, Hannah ^a  

^a WASHINGTON AND LEE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84892776073     PISSN: 08900523     EISSN: 15327728     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08900523.2014.863126     Document Type: Article

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