Datagueule was an immediate success on the web as soon as it went online. Except for a few episodes on the France 4 channel, then under the editorial direction of Boris Razon (also director of New Writings), #Datagueule is a pure product intended for the web, a full-fledged channel.

The authors:

- Henri Poulain, designer and director,- Julien Goetz, co-author and co-designer,- Sylvain Lapoix, co-author and investigator launched their first video "Tarte à l'Ukraine" on June 6, 2014.

Why Datagueule?

The creators wished to present their web series on Youtube with these words :

"Every day, we are bombarded by thousands of molecules of information. Facts, names, and numbers that pile up and collide without anything ever being created. So for once, instead of remaining passive in the face of this assault, let's play with it. Let's go for it.

#DTG is having fun setting milestones, little pebbles, like a little thumb lost in the forest, but a little punk thumb. #DTG is a lego game where a reality is built before our eyes without us noticing it. A game where we assume that incomprehension is essential to bring out the obvious. »

Let's try to better understand the concept and the expectations of the fathers of this project.

Henri Poulain, in the three-voice interview given to Thinkerview, explains the visual object that is Datagueule as follows: "Datagueule is a constantly moving object. It is in motion in its management, in its formatting, and then it is in motion once it is put online since it generates comments. It is discussed, comments are read. It begins and it continues. There is the video, the sources that accompany it and then the comments and the exchanges and it is the combination of these three elements that creates the Datagueule object. »

Indeed, if each subject of Datagueule starts with data, goes on with an analysis and finally questions us about our own convictions and our approach to reality, its added value consists in its real capacity to engage in dialogue and allow the different spectators to participate and contribute.

For Julien Goetz :

"We have fact-checks on the data and our approach to putting the data online is based on that, i.e.: "Let's go, let's ask questions! ». We're open to criticism, we have no problem with that, and for a very simple reason: we're the first to think that nothing is objective, and especially not data. This is an essential point, and it's a rather terrible shift that is happening today, which is to say to ourselves: the new truth is data. Which is a total absurdity. Data is subjective, because it has to be contextualized, it has a context of emission, a context of creation, and when someone uses this context of data to tell something, it adds a prism of reading. But that doesn't mean there's manipulation, you have to dissociate things. »

#Datagueule, from the beginning to now

Originally inspired by an Australian Hungry Beast concept, Datagueule, thanks to the freedom granted by the France 4 channel and the New Scriptures, has taken the bite and impact much further.

Since its launch six years ago, Datagueule has also evolved in its structure. Initially, the episodes lasted about 3 minutes. In 2017, a crowdfunding campaign was launched to support a documentary project on Democracy. What could be more natural than collective and citizen funding to question participatory politics?  In order for this film, which deciphers the sometimes slippery slopes of democracy, to see the light of day, 7,819 people helped raise over 240,000 euros to finance the editing.

"Democracy(s)? "is the team's second feature film after "2°C before the end of the world", which questioned our relationship with climate change.

The feature film and ten short episodes of #Datagueule are available on the YouTube channel.

Why such a program at France Télévisions?

France Télévisions, through this program, made it possible to inform in a different way by giving each viewer the possibility to interact, essentially via the YouTube channel #Datagueule, and to exchange with the team, through a reading in complete freedom and without censorship.

As part of its public service mission, it seemed important for France Télévisions to allow a different approach to information than that traditionally provided on the small screen. By allowing exchanges on topical subjects with its viewers, it has initiated another relationship with its audience by giving them a voice and allowing them to debate directly.

For the creators of the program or for France Télévisions, it is not a question of imposing a vision or finding THE truth, but rather of sharing questions. The debates are not sterile but allow everyone to move forward on the subjects discussed. In the current context, it is more important than ever to question the figures and decipher the power of data.

The future of Datagueule should be realized through the new theme of Utopia(s). France Télévisions will continue its participation with co-producers Premières Lignes and StoryCircus.

#Datagueule in figures

- More than 545,000 subscribers on Youtube 

- 96 episodes of#Datagueule

- A 4 episode special series "2°C before the end of the world".

- Democracy(s) : a film, 9 videos, a teaser, a crowdwfounding, readings : Francis Dupuis-Deri, Antonio Gramsci, Jacques Rancière, Alain and finally two live performances.

- The "Invisibles"