Published
2025-03-26
Issue
Section
Research Article
License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.
As a whole, the author(s) declare that ( download model ):
1.- Original and innovative contributions are made through this text. I/we certify that this work has not been published in whole or in part by any other means nor is it under consideration for publication in another journal.
2.- I/we acquire the commitment to accept the writing, publication, review and evaluation standards considered by Fonseca, Journal of Communication.
3.- I/we take responsibility for the content of the text that I/we send and for having contributed to the conception, design and execution of the work, analysis and interpretation of data and for having participated in the writing of the text and its possible revisions as well. as in the approval of the version that I/we finally send.
4.- I/we have been informed that changes in style of the manuscript may occur but that, nevertheless and in any case, the final galleys will be sent to me/us before the text, in case of favorable evaluation, is definitively published as an article. I/we undertake to acknowledge receipt of said proofs as well as, once verified, to give approval for their publication in the shortest possible time. I/we understand that we give tacit approval to the galleys if I/we do not send a response within 10 calendar days of receiving them.
5.- I/we affirm to know that the publication of an article in Fonseca, Journal of Communication does not entail any cost or remuneration.
6.- I/we declare to be free of any personal and/or commercial association that may pose a conflict of interest in connection with the article submitted as well as having respected the ethical principles of research.
7.- The undersigned author(s) transfer/we transfer the property rights (copyright) of this work to Fonseca, Journal of Communication so that it may be published under a Creative Commons license (in the modality indicated at the bottom of the main page of Fonseca, Journal of Communication. I/we assign the editing and reproduction rights.
How to Cite
AN EVALUATION OF JOURNALISTS’ WORKING EFFECTIVENESS: THE ROLE OF DATA JOURNALISM AND JOURNALISM EXPERIENCES
İlknur Aydoğdu Karaaslan
Ege University, Türkiye
Baha Ahmet Yılmaz
Ege University, Türkiye
Tuğba Yiğit
Ege University, Türkiye
Abstract
The world has witnessed technological changes and transformations, with the penetration of new concepts and ideologies. Journalism has also rapidly adapted to these changes and is responding to the needs of the age with new journalistic practices. This study aims to evaluate the impact of data journalism on journalism experiences and its role in achieving journalist working effectiveness. It also examines the moderating role of institutional support between journalism experience and journalists’ working effectiveness. By making use of a quantitative, descriptive research design and adopting a random sampling design, this study collected data from 290 media employees in Turkey. A questionnaire was designed based on validated scales, and findings were analyzed using smart-PLS software. The findings suggest that data journalism has a positive impact on journalism experiences, which in turn makes a positive impact on journalists’ working effectiveness. The results also show that institutional support positively moderates the relationship between journalism experiences and journalist working effectiveness. The study implications include suggestions on how to improve the journalists’ working effectiveness. It also recommends that newspaper companies must focus on data journalism and train their employees to contribute to employees’ journalism experience.
