Abstract

This article presents an analysis of metadiscourses used by professionals and institutions that practice data-driven journalism (DDJ) in Brazil. It aims to understand how they define this practice and seek autonomy within the journalistic field. We conducted an argumentative analysis of editorial texts from 15 news outlets and carried out in-depth interviews with 33 professionals in the field, which allowed us to identify three prevalent metadiscourses: (1) cyberactivism; (2) reinforcing traditional journalistic values; and (3) authority. Using boundary-work as a theoretical basis for the analyses we discovered that all the discourses in these self-referential texts expressed some degree of disruption in DDJ, especially regarding data and its ability to reshape the concept of news transparency and introduce the values and practices of hacktivism in journalism. These discourses also reinforce elements of continuity and suggest a conservative restoration of production routines, values, and conventions in journalism without changing the basic ideology of the profession. Added to highlighting the flexibility and demarcation of this profession’s boundaries, this article also identifies the repertoires and identities mobilized in these processes that give Brazilian data journalism a higher profile.

摘要

本文分析了巴西从事数据驱动新闻 (DDJ) 的专业人士和机构使用的元话语。它旨在了解他们如何定义这种做法并在新闻领域寻求自主权。我们对来自 15 家新闻媒体的社论文本进行了论证分析，并对该领域的 33 位专业人士进行了深入采访，这使我们能够确定三种流行的元话语：（1）网络行动主义；(2) 强化传统新闻价值观；(3) 权限。使用边界工作作为分析的理论基础，我们发现这些自我指涉文本中的所有话语都表达了对 DDJ 的某种程度的破坏，特别是关于数据及其重塑新闻透明度概念的能力，并在新闻业中引入黑客行动主义的价值观和实践。这些话语还强化了连续性的元素，并建议在不改变该行业的基本意识形态的情况下，保守地恢复新闻业的生产惯例、价值观和惯例。除了强调该行业边界的灵活性和划分之外，本文还确定了在这些过程中动员的曲目和身份，从而使巴西数据新闻业获得了更高的知名度。