Transparency and journalism: a critical appraisal of a disruptive norm

Transparency and its connection to journalism -- Journalistic transparency in history and context -- Can you see the sunlight? Transparency at work -- Algorithmic forms of transparency and opacity -- The limits of the transparency myth -- Transparency after all.

Cover -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- List of tables -- Preface and acknowledgements -- 1. Transparency and its connection to journalism -- Transparency: Essence, purpose, and how it made its way into journalism -- The fragile theoretical and empirical foundation of transparency in journalism -- Transparency as ritual in journalistic practice -- Theoretical points of departure influencing the book -- The imagined audience, structure, and content of the book -- 2. Journalistic transparency in history and context -- The emergence and solidification of transparency -- The philosophical roots of transparency in liberal democratic theory -- Comparing the transparency dimension in governmental and journalistic institutions -- The implicit theory of transparency -- The performative transparency model -- Black box and glass box -- Summary -- 3. Can you see the sunlight? Transparency at work -- Can you see the sunlight? -- Journalistic actors -- Content: Stage, aesthetics, and delivery -- The public -- Survey research -- Experiments -- … And transparency for all? -- Transparency in practice: Not much sunlight thus far -- 4. Algorithmic forms of transparency and opacity -- The increasing role of algorithms in journalism -- Russian dolls: Black boxes inside other black boxes, inside… -- Unpacking the role of algorithms in transparent journalistic performance -- Computer says no -- 5. The limits of the transparency myth -- Inevitable cost/benefit trade-offs -- The need for professional discretion and the ever-present curtain and backstage -- Transparency as the opposite of trust -- Transparency is not openness -- A successful flop: How transparency was adopted despite a lack of evidence -- What is left of transparency? -- 6. Transparency after all? -- Three waves of transparency in journalism.