Algorithmic Accountability: Journalistic investigation of computational power structures

Digital Journalism

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 398-415

  Diakopoulos, Nicholas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

accountability reporting; algorithms; computational journalism; data journalism; robot journalists; transparency

Indexed keywords

EID: 84977475950     PISSN: 21670811     EISSN: 2167082X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/21670811.2014.976411     Document Type: Article

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