Numeracy in the Newsroom: A Case Study of Mathematical Competence and Confidence.
Testing of mathematical skills at a metropolitan newspaper provides a baseline assessment of numeracy in the newsroom. Drawing on social cognitive theory, the study also examines the interplay of mathematical competence and confidence of journalists. The results challenge the view that most journali...
| Publicado en: | Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly Vol. 80; no. 4; pp. 921 - 937 |
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Association for Education in Journalism & Mass Communication
Winter2003
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