Hybrids, materiality, and black boxes: Concepts of actor‐network theory in data journalism research

Actor-Network Theory (ANT) vocabulary offers meaningful sensibilities for explorations of data-driven newswork. Concepts of hybrids, materiality, and black boxes are increasingly mentioned across digital journalism studies and appear to be particularly constructive to examine the relations between data, computation, and journalism practice, epistemology, reflexivity, and journalistic artefacts. After outlining central concepts of ANT, this literature review provides an overview of research agendas that propose sociotechnical dimensions, followed by a structured review of findings generated through ANT-informed explorations of data journalism. In a closing summary, presented findings and limitations of ANT are discussed.