Academic Journal of Humanities & Social Sciences, 2021, 4(12); doi: 10.25236/AJHSS.2021.041201.
Yuying Liu
Faculty of Journalism Studies, The University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom, S10, 2TG
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.
storytelling; data visualization; journalism
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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