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Academic Journal of Humanities & Social Sciences, 2021, 4(12); doi: 10.25236/AJHSS.2021.041201.

The end of journalism?—The impact of contemporary changes in storytelling on modern-day journalism

Author(s)

Yuying Liu

Corresponding Author:
Yuying Liu
Affiliation(s)

Faculty of Journalism Studies, The University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom, S10, 2TG

Abstract

With the advent of the era of big data, data visualization has become a new change in contemporary journalism storytelling. In the mode of data-driven news reporting, contemporary journalism has also undergone earth-shaking changes. This paper mainly evaluates whether the new mode of contemporary storytelling will lead to the end of journalism by analyzing its impact on journalism. Among them, the influence of data visualization on contemporary journalism will be described in detail.

Keywords

storytelling; data visualization; journalism

Cite This Paper

Yuying Liu. The end of journalism?—The impact of contemporary changes in storytelling on modern-day journalism. Academic Journal of Humanities & Social Sciences (2021) Vol. 4, Issue 12: 1-4. https://doi.org/10.25236/AJHSS.2021.041201.

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