Ramón Salaverría
Biographic Data
| ID | 1376877 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Ramón Salaverría |
| GIVEN NAMES | Ramón |
| FAMILY NAME | Salaverría |
| SIGNATURE | SALAVERRÍA R |
| AFFILIATIONS | Universidad de Navarra |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-4188-7811 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 50 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 317 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 49 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1970 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 11 |
Epílogo. Escenarios futuros para los medios digitales
Este epílogo ofrece una reflexión prospectiva sobre el futuro de los medios digitales en España, a partir del análisis de su evolución durante las tres últimas décadas. El texto destaca que los medios digitales se han convertido en la modalidad dominante en el ecosistema informativo español, tanto en número como en alcance. Esta consolidación se manifiesta en la proliferación territorial de medios, la emergencia de una élite mediática digital con…
Capítulo 2. Evolución de los medios digitales
Este texto analiza desde una perspectiva teórica la evolución de los medios digitales que ha modelado el ecosistema mediático digital de España en las últimas tres décadas. A partir de una revisión crítica de las clasificaciones existentes de medios digitales, el texto aborda la distinción entre «medios nativos digitales» y aquellos que propone denominar «medios digitales derivados». A partir de la definición y discriminación conceptual de ambos …
Public Knowledge and Expertise Under Authoritarian Siege: A Defense of Academic Freedom from Digital Journalism Studies
This article addresses the growing global assault on academic freedom—a cornerstone of democratic societies now under increasing threat from authoritarian regimes. It highlights a global decline in that freedom since its peak 20 years ago, focusing on the United States in 2025 to illustrate rapidly escalating academic silencing, even in a country with well-established democratic freedoms and institutions. Drawing on the collective expertise of in…
Digital Journalism (Studies): An Agenda for the Future
Digital Journalism has an important role to play in encouraging and publishing research with societal relevance that advances digital journalism studies as a field. In this article we discuss the multiple types of articles we publish: research articles, conceptual articles, review articles, advancing methods articles and commentaries. We also introduce you to several great examples of such articles, as well as introduce the growing number of arti…
Digital reputation indicator: A webometric approach for a global ranking of digital media
In this article we present the Digital Reputation Indicator (DRI), an innovative methodological tool that allows evaluating and comparing the reputation of digital news media on a global scale. In use since January 2023 by SCImago Media Rankings ( scimagomedia.com ), DRI is a composite assessment and measurement instrument that weighs web metrics originating from trusted, stable, and globally accessible sources. DRI provides a resource for the qu…
Digital journalism in Spain: Technological, sociopolitical and economic factors as drivers of media evolution
Digital journalism has been a reality in Spain for nearly 30 years. In this time, the number of digital media outlets has steadily increased to become the most abundant type of media in the 2020s, ahead of print, radio and television. Based on a quantitative analysis of the authors’ own database of active digital media outlets ( n = 2726) and an examination of Spain’s technological, sociopolitical and economic development in recent decades, this …
Combating Repeated Lies: The Impact of Fact-Checking on Persistent Falsehoods by Politicians
The rise of repeated false claims within political discourse is undermining fact-checking efforts. By reiterating similar statements that perpetuate previous falsehoods, political actors shift from misinformation to deliberate disinformation and even propagandistic tactics. Through an analysis of 1,204 political fact-checks conducted by the Spanish fact-checking organization Newtral, this study quantifies and characterizes the prevalence of repea…
Overcoming the Age Barrier: Improving Older Adults’ Detection of Political Disinformation With Media Literacy
This experimental study analyzes the effect of media literacy on the ability of Spanish seniors over 50 years of age to identify fake news. The experiment measures the improvement achieved by older adults in the detection of political disinformation thanks to a digital competence course offered through WhatsApp. The study comprises a total sample of 1,029 individuals, subdivided into a control group ( n = 531) and an experimental group ( n = 498)…
Future of disinformation studies: Emerging research fields
This article examines research trends on disinformation. First, it explores the relationship between disinformation and digital news media, highlighting the negative impact of disinformation on citizens’ trust in the news. Recent research on disinformation is classified into several areas, including typological studies, research on fact-checking, disinformation on digital platforms, and studies on media literacy. Next, the article identifies seve…
SCImago Media Rankings (SMR): Situation and evolution of the digital reputation of the media worldwide
In this paper, we present the results of the first global ranking that assesses the status and evolution of the media according to their digital reputation. We analyzed 4,541 general information digital newspapers, both legacy and native, published in 200 countries and in more than 80 languages. Methodologically, we applied a new Digital Reputation Indicator (DRI) as a composite evaluation and measurement tool, weighting web metrics from globally…
How to teach the elderly to detect disinformation: A training experiment with WhatsApp
According to recent studies, most of the Spanish population identifies disinformation as a social problem and believes that it could endanger democracy and the stability of the country. In this context, many institutions point out the need for media literacy campaigns and initiatives that alleviate the possible harmful social effects of the phenomenon, especially among vulnerable audiences. While children and young people are the continuous targe…
Presentation: The never-ending challenge: Exploring the renewed impact of digital technologies on journalism
Presentation
Quantifying digital-native and legacy, national and local news websites in Spain, their topic scope and platforms
Digital media have become an integral part of the journalism industry and of audience habits – in 2021 our research registered 2873 active news websites in Spain. First, this paper explores trends facing online news; it sets out the criteria used to identify a news brand as digital-native or non-native; and it presents the results of our classification. This includes: data on the presence of news titles both on proprietary platforms (print, radio…
The Covid-19 catastrophe: A science communication mess
Following the declaration, in March 2020, of the Covid-19 pandemic, there was an escalation of disinformation, involving multiple actors and reaching global dimensions. In this article, we analyze the possible causes and characteristics of the spread of disinformation on this issue. Disinformation about science can be explained by the distance that separates scientific knowledge from common knowledge and the difficult relationship between science…
Capítulo 1. Veinticinco años de evolución del ecosistema periodístico digital en España
Cumplidos los primeros veinticinco años de periodismo en internet, este texto presenta un análisis de la evolución de los cibermedios en siete etapas: pre-web, experimentación, homogeneización, estancamiento, prioridad en las redes sociales, prioridad en los móviles, y robotización. Sobre este marco evolutivo, se analiza la expansión y progresiva consolidación de los medios nativos digitales. Tras dos crisis profundas, la Gran Recesión y la pande…
Combatir la desinformación con alfabetización mediática: Análisis de las tendencias en la Unión Europea
Introducción: La desinformación se ha convertido en un problema clave para las sociedades democráticas contemporáneas. Para contrarrestar esta amenaza, las autoridades públicas de numerosos países han puesto en marcha diversas iniciativas legales, tecnológicas y educativas. Este artículo aporta una revisión bibliográfica y de textos legales, que evidencia la importancia creciente otorgada por la Unión Europea a la alfabetización mediática. Metodo…
Nobody-fools-me perception: Influence of Age and Education on Overconfidence About Spotting Disinformation
This study introduces the concept of “nobody-fools-me perception”, a cognitive bias consisting of overconfidence in one’s own ability to detect disinformation, associated with the belief that one is more immune to false content than almost everyone else. Specifically, it examines the extent to which variables such as age and education determine the conviction that one is able to spot false content, and influence the skills and habits of checking …
Pasado, presente y futuro de la enseñanza universitaria del ciberperiodismo: Métodos y tendencias
Teaching of digital journalism, or cyberjournalism, in Spanish universities is here to stay. Its long development since the first courses in this discipline were added to college curricula in the mid-1990s until the beginning of the 2020s, when the number of such courses exceeds 100, has led to the consolidation of this specialty. Based on a review of the syllabi of all courses related to cyberjournalism (n = 119) published online by Spanish univ…
Journalism, Data and Technology in Latin America
Capítulo 10. El ecosistema que viene
Todos y cada uno de los ámbitos en los que se concreta la actividad periodística han evolucionado al compás de los cambios tecnológicos: los lenguajes informativos, los procesos de trabajo en las redacciones, los perfiles profesionales de los periodistas, y las formas en las que estos se relacionan con la audiencia. Estos cambios, lejos de ralentizarse, se incrementarán para dar paso a un periodismo ubicuo o expandido vinculado a la inteligencia …
Capítulo 1. El mapa de los cibermedios en España
Cumplido el primer cuarto de siglo de los medios periodísticos digitales, o cibermedios, no es posible dar cuenta del periodismo español sin reconocer su consolidación. La exploración cuantitativa, como medios nativos digitales o como publicaciones derivadas de otros medios, permiten delimitar una cartografía geográficamente heterogénea, en la que predomina la distribución multiplataforma y los cibermedios locales, generalistas y privados, que bu…
From Data Journalism to Artificial Intelligence: Challenges Faced by La Nación in Implementing Computer Vision in News Reporting
Journalism is at a radical point of change that requires organizations to come up with new ideas and formats for news reporting. Additionally, the notable surge of data, sensors and technological advances in the mobile segment has brought immeasurable benefits to many fields of journalistic practice (data journalism in particular). Given the relative novelty and complexity of implementing artificial intelligence (AI) in journalism, few areas have…
Transformation of the News Media Industry in the Global South
Journalism, Data and Technology in Latin America
Exploring Digital Native News Media
Digital native news media are becoming a blooming phenomenon, expanding globally. Up until now, however, the scholar community has paid little attention to online-born media, compared to the high interest devoted to the legacy media brands. Drawing upon the extant literature on this emerging topic, this editorial summarizes the empirical and theoretical contributions of the thematic issue entitled “Digital Native News Media: Trends and Challenges…
Desinformación en tiempos de pandemia: Tipología de los bulos sobre la Covid-19
Drawing upon the misinformation stories debunked by the three accredited fact-checking platforms in Spain, a content analysis of all the hoaxes (N = 292) bound to the Covid-19 pandemic is performed, over the first month of the state of alarm decreed by the Spanish Government (March 14th, 2020 - April 13th, 2020). The study shows that the hoaxes about the coronavirus were disseminated mainly on social networks and, among them, especially in closed…
The Influence of the Internet on European Journalism
This study investigates how European journalists evaluate the changes that have occurred in their profession since the Internet has been integrated in newsrooms. How do journalists perceive the features and innovations associated with the Internet? What are the principal changes in the profession? Do practitioners believe that the quality of journalism has been raised or lowered? To answer to these research questions, we carried out a survey acro…
A new sensation? An international exploration of sensationalism and social media recommendations in online news publications
The well-known phrase ‘if it bleeds, it leads’ describes the sensational approach that has penetrated the history of news. Sensationalism is a term without complete consensus among scholars, and its meaning and implications have not been considered in a digital environment. This study analyzes 400 articles from online-native news organizations across the Americas, evaluating the sensational treatment of news categories and news values, and their …
Regenerating Journalism: Exploring the “alternativeness” and “digital-ness” of online-native media in Latin America
This study maps the emerging digital media landscape of online-native news sites in Latin America, interrogating to what extent these sites challenge mainstream, traditional journalism. Researchers identified and analyzed the region's online-native sites, exploring their influence and "alternativeness"—in terms of ownership, funding, content, degree of activism, and organizational goals—and their "digital-ness," in terms of the sites' inclusion o…
To Share or Not to Share: The influence of news values and topics on popular social media content in the United States, Brazil, and Argentina
Audiences play a fundamental role in disseminating and evaluating news content, and one of the big questions facing news organizations is what elements make content viral in the digital environment. This comparative study of the United States, Brazil and Argentina explores what values and topics present in news shared online predict audience interaction on social media. Findings shed light on what news values and topics trigger more audience resp…
Convergence Culture in European Newsrooms: Comparing editorial strategies for cross-media news production in six countries
For two decades, convergence culture has been an important motivator for change in journalism worldwide. Journalism research has followed these developments, investigating the dimensions of change that define convergence as a cultural shift in the newsroom. Research in the European context has mostly been comprised of national case studies of flagship media outlets whereas comparative, let alone quantitative, studies are scarce. In response to th…
Digital journalism: 25 Years of research. Review article
In 1994, the first web online media outlets were introduced in several countries around the world. Twenty-five years later, digital or online journalism is a confirmed reality and common practice in professional and academic circles. Based on an extensive bibliographic review, this article examines the main areas of academic research related to digital media at the global level in the last quarter of a century. It shows the lines of research on t…
An Immature Medium: Strengths and Weaknesses of Online Newspapers on September 11
The events which occurred on 11 September 2001 were unprecedented in many ways. This article discusses how online newspapers reported on these events. Applying a descriptive methodology to a sample of 18 online newspapers from nine countries, this article analyses the strengths and weaknesses of online newspapers that could be seen that day. It shows the consolidation of the internet as an important global medium, as well as the impetus for multi…
Is the Whole World Watching? Building a Typology of Protest Coverage on Social Media From Around the World
Previous research suggests that mainstream media coverage around the world follows a “protest paradigm” that demonizes protesters and marginalizes their causes. Given the recent increase in global protest activity and the growing importance of social media for activism, this paper content analyzes 1,438 protest-related English and Spanish news stories from around the world that were shared on social media, examining framing, sourcing, and margina…
Journalism Expands in Spite of the Crisis: Digital-Native News Media in Spain
Digital-native news organizations have grown steadily in Spain since the mid-1990s and they have become established as a major force in the media market. Paradoxically, their biggest expansion coincided with the Great Recession (2008–2014). In fact, their numbers increased most during 2012–2013, when traditional media were cutting staff in response to the economic crisis, and unemployment rates in the media sector as a whole hit their peak. Howev…
From #Ferguson to #Ayotzinapa: Analyzing Differences in Domestic and Foreign Protest News Shared on Social Media
This study compares U.S. digital news coverage of recent foreign and domestic protests. Differences in coverage’s framing, sourcing, and device emphases were analyzed for two cases: protests that erupted after the death of Michael Brown and protests demanding justice for the 43 missing students from Ayotzinapa, Mexico. Building on protest paradigm literature, content analysis results show that news articles that appeared on Facebook and Twitter e…
Los labs como fórmula de innovación en los medios
This study analyzes the characteristics, activities and results of the laboratories –also known simply as labs– promoted in recent years by certain high-quality international news companies. A comparative study of 31 labs was performed, based on the corporate information offered on their websites and on their Twitter accounts. This analysis identifies the prototypical structure, tasks, operations and results of the media-promoted labs as of Janua…
Investigación internacional sobre ciberperiodismo: Hipertexto, interactividad, multimedia y convergencia
This article aims to offer the state of the art of international research in online journalism. This work focuses its attention on four of the main features of the field. Three of these comprise the characteristics of digital discourse: hypertextuality, interactivity and multimediality; the fourth one is media convergence, one of the most prolific fields in recent years. A review of literature reveals the evolution of approaches and methodologies…
Redefinir al comunicador
Communication jobs live in a constant state of debate about their identity and role. With the advent of digital technologies, this debate has intensified and there are those who even deny the need for these professionals. This article discusses the main arguments for and against employing communication professionals and concludes with optimistic projections as a result of the emerging hyperconnected environment which will open many career opportu…
The Promise of the Transparency Culture: A comparative study of access to public data in Spanish and Swedish newsrooms
In 2013, with the introduction of the Transparency Law in Spain, a number of Spanish newsrooms started working with data journalism methods. In Sweden, which has one of the oldest Freedom of Information acts in the world, newsrooms invested in the skill development of data journalism at approximately the same time. Because previous research suggests that access to public data has been one of the key driving forces for the development of data jour…
Future of disinformation studies: Emerging research fields
This article examines research trends on disinformation. First, it explores the relationship between disinformation and digital news media, highlighting the negative impact of disinformation on citizens’ trust in the news. Recent research on disinformation is classified into several areas, including typological studies, research on fact-checking, disinformation on digital platforms, and studies on media literacy. Next, the article identifies seve…
SCImago Media Rankings (SMR): Situation and evolution of the digital reputation of the media worldwide
In this paper, we present the results of the first global ranking that assesses the status and evolution of the media according to their digital reputation. We analyzed 4,541 general information digital newspapers, both legacy and native, published in 200 countries and in more than 80 languages. Methodologically, we applied a new Digital Reputation Indicator (DRI) as a composite evaluation and measurement tool, weighting web metrics from globally…
Nobody-fools-me perception: Influence of Age and Education on Overconfidence About Spotting Disinformation
This study introduces the concept of “nobody-fools-me perception”, a cognitive bias consisting of overconfidence in one’s own ability to detect disinformation, associated with the belief that one is more immune to false content than almost everyone else. Specifically, it examines the extent to which variables such as age and education determine the conviction that one is able to spot false content, and influence the skills and habits of checking …
Ideas para renovar la investigación sobre medios digitales
Digital news media –and, together with them, the scholarly research on this phenomenon– are entering their third decade. Throughout the years, research on online journalism has progressed and diversified considerably. However, some areas could still achieve further development. The author proposes five ideas to give a boost to this research discipline in the next decade: 1) move towards a digital native research framework; 2) use advanced technol…
How to teach the elderly to detect disinformation: A training experiment with WhatsApp
According to recent studies, most of the Spanish population identifies disinformation as a social problem and believes that it could endanger democracy and the stability of the country. In this context, many institutions point out the need for media literacy campaigns and initiatives that alleviate the possible harmful social effects of the phenomenon, especially among vulnerable audiences. While children and young people are the continuous targe…
Evaluación de los ciberdiarios en las comunidades vasca y navarra
El presente texto propone una evaluación de los ciberdiarios de la Comunidad Autónoma Vasca (CAV) y de la Comunidad Foral de Navarra (CFN), empleando metodologías ya establecidas y contrastadas, de manera que se pueda obtener un panorama completo del aprovechamiento real de las posibilidades del lenguaje hipermedia por parte de estas empresas. Se analizan todos los medios diarios de información general que disponen de una edición en Internet: El …
Aproximación a los orígenes de la preceptiva sobre escritura periodística (1840-1940)
El estudio de esta parcela del periodismo, más allá de la mera curiosidad histórica, cobra en nuestros días un interés añadido. Y ello por la aparición de distintas tentativas procedentes de ámbitos académicos y profesionales que pretenden mover los firmes cimientos de estas prácticas. Tras un siglo de sumisión a las referidas convenciones redaccionales, hoy emergen por fin diversos manantiales de agua fresca que intentan renovar las aguas remans…
An Immature Medium: Strengths and Weaknesses of Online Newspapers on September 11
The events which occurred on 11 September 2001 were unprecedented in many ways. This article discusses how online newspapers reported on these events. Applying a descriptive methodology to a sample of 18 online newspapers from nine countries, this article analyses the strengths and weaknesses of online newspapers that could be seen that day. It shows the consolidation of the internet as an important global medium, as well as the impetus for multi…
Construyendo un nuevo periodismo. Diez años de logros y retos en la prensa digital
Hoy nadie cuestiona ya que internet sea una plataforma prioritaria para el periodismo. Y este es sólo uno de los muchos los logros alcanzados por los cibermedios durante sus diez primeros años de vida. Ahora bien, sigue habiendo importantes incógnitas por despejar. Señalaremos cuatro de esos retos pendientes, que estimamos de especial relevancia para el desarrollo futuro del ciberperiodismo: 1) la exploración de nuevos lenguajes periodísticos par…
The Influence of the Internet on European Journalism
This study investigates how European journalists evaluate the changes that have occurred in their profession since the Internet has been integrated in newsrooms. How do journalists perceive the features and innovations associated with the Internet? What are the principal changes in the profession? Do practitioners believe that the quality of journalism has been raised or lowered? To answer to these research questions, we carried out a survey acro…
Prensa digital y bibliotecas (Ernest Abadal y Javier Guallar)
Abadal, Ernest; Guallar, Javier (2010). Prensa digital y bibliotecas. Gijón: Ediciones Trea, 170 pp. ISBN: 978-84-9704-446-2
Investigación internacional sobre ciberperiodismo: Hipertexto, interactividad, multimedia y convergencia
This article aims to offer the state of the art of international research in online journalism. This work focuses its attention on four of the main features of the field. Three of these comprise the characteristics of digital discourse: hypertextuality, interactivity and multimediality; the fourth one is media convergence, one of the most prolific fields in recent years. A review of literature reveals the evolution of approaches and methodologies…
Los labs como fórmula de innovación en los medios
This study analyzes the characteristics, activities and results of the laboratories –also known simply as labs– promoted in recent years by certain high-quality international news companies. A comparative study of 31 labs was performed, based on the corporate information offered on their websites and on their Twitter accounts. This analysis identifies the prototypical structure, tasks, operations and results of the media-promoted labs as of Janua…
Ideas para renovar la investigación sobre medios digitales
Digital news media –and, together with them, the scholarly research on this phenomenon– are entering their third decade. Throughout the years, research on online journalism has progressed and diversified considerably. However, some areas could still achieve further development. The author proposes five ideas to give a boost to this research discipline in the next decade: 1) move towards a digital native research framework; 2) use advanced technol…
Convergence Culture in European Newsrooms: Comparing editorial strategies for cross-media news production in six countries
For two decades, convergence culture has been an important motivator for change in journalism worldwide. Journalism research has followed these developments, investigating the dimensions of change that define convergence as a cultural shift in the newsroom. Research in the European context has mostly been comprised of national case studies of flagship media outlets whereas comparative, let alone quantitative, studies are scarce. In response to th…
Redefinir al comunicador
Communication jobs live in a constant state of debate about their identity and role. With the advent of digital technologies, this debate has intensified and there are those who even deny the need for these professionals. This article discusses the main arguments for and against employing communication professionals and concludes with optimistic projections as a result of the emerging hyperconnected environment which will open many career opportu…
Regenerating Journalism: Exploring the “alternativeness” and “digital-ness” of online-native media in Latin America
This study maps the emerging digital media landscape of online-native news sites in Latin America, interrogating to what extent these sites challenge mainstream, traditional journalism. Researchers identified and analyzed the region's online-native sites, exploring their influence and "alternativeness"—in terms of ownership, funding, content, degree of activism, and organizational goals—and their "digital-ness," in terms of the sites' inclusion o…
A new sensation? An international exploration of sensationalism and social media recommendations in online news publications
The well-known phrase ‘if it bleeds, it leads’ describes the sensational approach that has penetrated the history of news. Sensationalism is a term without complete consensus among scholars, and its meaning and implications have not been considered in a digital environment. This study analyzes 400 articles from online-native news organizations across the Americas, evaluating the sensational treatment of news categories and news values, and their …
Tipología de los cibermedios periodísticos: Bases teóricas para su clasificación
Desde su aparición en los años 1990, los medios periodísticos digitales han experimentado un proceso de asentamiento y diversificación. Como consecuencia, la fértil clasificación de los cibermedios se ha hecho cada vez más rica y compleja. A partir de una revisión de las tipologías de medios, este artículo propone bases teóricas para la distinción de los cibermedios respecto de los medios anteriores y, sobre todo, para la diferenciación de los di…
Protest Paradigm in Multimedia: Social Media Sharing of Coverage About the Crime of Ayotzinapa, Mexico
In 2014 protests erupted around the world after 43 college students from Ayotzinapa, Mexico, were kidnapped and massacred. This bilingual, cross-national content analysis explores the relationship between multimedia features in stories about the Ayotzinapa protests and how social media users liked, shared, and commented on that coverage. This study furthers our understanding of the protest paradigm in a digital context, and sheds light on differe…
To Share or Not to Share: The influence of news values and topics on popular social media content in the United States, Brazil, and Argentina
Audiences play a fundamental role in disseminating and evaluating news content, and one of the big questions facing news organizations is what elements make content viral in the digital environment. This comparative study of the United States, Brazil and Argentina explores what values and topics present in news shared online predict audience interaction on social media. Findings shed light on what news values and topics trigger more audience resp…
The Promise of the Transparency Culture: A comparative study of access to public data in Spanish and Swedish newsrooms
In 2013, with the introduction of the Transparency Law in Spain, a number of Spanish newsrooms started working with data journalism methods. In Sweden, which has one of the oldest Freedom of Information acts in the world, newsrooms invested in the skill development of data journalism at approximately the same time. Because previous research suggests that access to public data has been one of the key driving forces for the development of data jour…
From #Ferguson to #Ayotzinapa: Analyzing Differences in Domestic and Foreign Protest News Shared on Social Media
This study compares U.S. digital news coverage of recent foreign and domestic protests. Differences in coverage’s framing, sourcing, and device emphases were analyzed for two cases: protests that erupted after the death of Michael Brown and protests demanding justice for the 43 missing students from Ayotzinapa, Mexico. Building on protest paradigm literature, content analysis results show that news articles that appeared on Facebook and Twitter e…
Insights from a Comparative Study into Convergence Culture in European Newsrooms
Convergence has had a major influence on journalism in the past decade. It is particularly important to understand how convergence continues to change working conditions as well as the journalistic practices, routines, norms, and strategies that shape news production. This phenomenon becomes even more substantial when considering the extent to which technological and economic changes have had a disruptive impact on journalism, altering how news i…
Multimedia news storytelling: Semiotic-narratological foundations
The transformation of public communication fueled by digital technology opens a horizon of heterogeneous and interrelated paradigms. Much of what affects the media converges in the so-called media convergence, understood as a complex network of organizational, professional, and narrative changes (Quandt; Singer, 2009)
Digital journalism: 25 Years of research. Review article
In 1994, the first web online media outlets were introduced in several countries around the world. Twenty-five years later, digital or online journalism is a confirmed reality and common practice in professional and academic circles. Based on an extensive bibliographic review, this article examines the main areas of academic research related to digital media at the global level in the last quarter of a century. It shows the lines of research on t…
Interacting, but not contributing: Fruitless news crowdsourcing in Spain
Trusting the audience to contribute data, a practice called crowdsourcing, is one of several procedures of contemporary data journalism. While previous research has embraced the idea of crowdsourcing as a transparent way of engaging the audience, the journalistic practice of crowdsourcing is currently still limited. The Spanish case is particularly illuminating of the gap between theoretical expectations and reality. Although online news media in…
Exploring Digital Native News Media
Digital native news media are becoming a blooming phenomenon, expanding globally. Up until now, however, the scholar community has paid little attention to online-born media, compared to the high interest devoted to the legacy media brands. Drawing upon the extant literature on this emerging topic, this editorial summarizes the empirical and theoretical contributions of the thematic issue entitled “Digital Native News Media: Trends and Challenges…
Is the Whole World Watching? Building a Typology of Protest Coverage on Social Media From Around the World
Previous research suggests that mainstream media coverage around the world follows a “protest paradigm” that demonizes protesters and marginalizes their causes. Given the recent increase in global protest activity and the growing importance of social media for activism, this paper content analyzes 1,438 protest-related English and Spanish news stories from around the world that were shared on social media, examining framing, sourcing, and margina…
Journalism Expands in Spite of the Crisis: Digital-Native News Media in Spain
Digital-native news organizations have grown steadily in Spain since the mid-1990s and they have become established as a major force in the media market. Paradoxically, their biggest expansion coincided with the Great Recession (2008–2014). In fact, their numbers increased most during 2012–2013, when traditional media were cutting staff in response to the economic crisis, and unemployment rates in the media sector as a whole hit their peak. Howev…
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