DIANES: A DEI Audit Toolkit for News Sources. (arXiv:2203.11383v2 [cs.IR] UPDATED)

Professional news media organizations have always touted the importance that
they give to multiple perspectives. However, in practice the traditional
approach to all-sides has favored people in the dominant culture. Hence it has
come under ethical critique under the new norms of diversity, equity, and
inclusion (DEI). When DEI is applied to journalism, it goes beyond conventional
notions of impartiality and bias and instead democratizes the journalistic
practice of sourcing -- who is quoted or interviewed, who is not, how …

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