Practical R for Mass Communication and Journalism

Name: Practical R for Mass Communication and Journalism
Brand: Taylor & Francis
SKU: 9781138726918
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By Sharon Machlis

Series: Chapman & Hall/CRC The R Series

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Practical R for Mass Communication and Journalism by Sharon Machlis is a hands-on guide for journalists and mass communication professionals eager to harness the power of R programming. Whether you're a complete beginner or have some coding experience, this book offers step-by-step instructions on analysing real-world data such as flight delays, election results, and restaurant inspections. It covers data extraction from PDFs, web scraping, data cleaning, and creating compelling static and interactive visualisations tailored to storytelling in newsrooms, government, non-profits, and PR offices. A companion website provides code, additional resources, and searchable tools to support your learning.
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This book is ideal for journalists, newsroom data editors, mass communication students, government analysts, policy researchers, and PR professionals who want to enhance their storytelling with data and visualisations using R. It suits beginners and those with basic coding knowledge seeking practical, industry-specific guidance.

People working in the media deal with data constantly. Journalists who are interested in improving their data skills will find this book useful. The book will concentrate on teaching R and will not go into statistical details. Data sets and projects chosen for the book are especially important in the journalism market.

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Do you want to use R to tell stories? This book was written for you — whether you already know some R or have never coded before.

Most R texts focus only on programming or statistical theory. Practical R for Mass Communication and Journalism gives you ideas, tools, and techniques for incorporating data and visualisations into your narratives.

You’ll see step by step how to:

Analyse airport flight delays, restaurant inspections, and election results
Map bank locations, median incomes, and new voting districts
Compare campaign contributions to final election results
Extract data from PDFs
Whip messy data into shape for analysis
Scrape data from a website
Create graphics ranging from simple, static charts to interactive visualisations for the Web

If you work or plan to work in a newsroom, government office, non-profit policy organisation, or PR office, Practical R for Mass Communication and Journalism will help you use R in your world.

This book has a companion website with code, links to additional resources, and searchable tables by function and task.

Sharon Machlis is the author of Computerworld’s Beginner’s Guide to R, host of InfoWorld’s Do More With R video screencast series, admin for the R for Journalists Google Group, and is well known among Twitter users who follow the #rstats hashtag. She is Director of Editorial Data and Analytics at IDG Communications (parent company of Computerworld, InfoWorld, PC World and Macworld, among others) and a frequent speaker at data journalism and R conferences.

Book Hero Magic summarised reviews for this book. While it's new and still learning, it may not be perfect - your feedback is welcome! HOW HAS THIS BEEN REVIEWED?

Carl Howe, Director of Education at RStudio, calls it a "fabulous resource" for those wanting to learn R and highly recommends it. Benedict Witzenberger from Süddeutsche Zeitung praises the book for covering newsroom-relevant topics like geospatial data and for its use of standard R packages. A data editor from a mid-sized newsroom appreciates the book’s focus on journalism-specific examples, which makes R more accessible to journalists compared to generic data science texts.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781138726918

Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 26 December 2018

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: CRC Press

Audience: Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Width: 210.0mm

Height: 280.0mm

Weight: 736g

Pages: 246

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Computing & Technology Education & Reference Non-Fiction Science & Nature Series: Chapman & Hall/CRC The R Series Sharon Machlis

About the Author

Sharon Machlis is the author of Computerworld’sBeginner’s Guide to R, host of InfoWorld’sDo More With R video screencast series, admin for the R for Journalists Google Group, and is well known among Twitter users who follow the #rstats hashtag. She is Director of Editorial Data and Analytics at IDG Communications (parent company of Computerworld, InfoWorld, PC World and Macworld, among others) and a frequent speaker at data journalism and R conferences.