This study examines the process of quantification taking place in web journalism. The
internet is transforming journalism in many ways. Yet one of the most fundamental …

News organizations have similarly embraced web analytics. Surveys of journalists in the
United States have shown that almost all newsrooms use one or more web analytics …

This paper documents a new form of news work that has emerged in online newsrooms
(what I call web production) as well as the conflicting set of variables that are turning the …

This study, based on a survey of 206 online editors, tests a theoretical framework guided by
field theory that seeks to explain the patterns of how journalists use Web analytics in their …

Analyzing Analytics: Disrupting Journalism One Click at a Time critically examines how
journalists use web analytics in their work and the implications of that use. Now that web …

The collection and reporting of audience data through Web analytics is reshaping the news
construction process, with journalists now aware of what their online audiences want. A …

Whilst new forms of presentation and user participation make a “way new journalism”
possible, researchers around the world critically claim that news websites do not live up to …

As newsrooms are increasingly using web analytics to monitor news behavior, journalism is
likely to become increasingly “metrics-driven.” Research suggests that analytics are …

Adding a price tag: the New York times joins the ranks of news organizations charging for
some of their online content. Is paying for internet news inevitable, or will the web's "information …

Sociological studies often emphasize the role of metrics in broader processes of
convergence and homogenization. Yet numbers can take on different meanings depending …