José Alberto García Avilés
Biographic Data
| ID | 4900285 |
|---|---|
| NAME | José Alberto García Avilés |
| GIVEN NAMES | José Alberto García |
| FAMILY NAME | Avilés |
| SIGNATURE | AVILÉS J A G |
| AFFILIATIONS | Universitat de Miguel Hernández d'Elx |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-7854-3476 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 36 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 202 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 36 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1970 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 7 |
Capítulo 6. El teletexto en España: La innovación de un servicio técnicamente obsoleto
El DVD, el vinilo o el papel de los diarios y revistas son tecnologías comunicativas con décadas —o incluso siglos— de existencia que, sin embargo, se resisten a morir. En la época de la digitalización y la comunicación interactiva a través de plataformas en internet y entornos virtuales en el metaverso, estas tecnologías siguen desempeñando una función social relevante. Este capítulo analiza el desarrollo del teletexto, su funcionamiento y las r…
Beyond Determinism: Challenges and Opportunities for Journalism in a Technological Ecosystem
Introduction
Actores periféricos y periodismo en Twitch: Análisis de la calidad de los contenidos informativos en live streaming
Las formas en las que el periodismo y las redes sociales se relacionan se han vuelto cada vez más complejas. En este contexto, destaca un fenómeno que ha auspiciado la participación de los usuarios en el debate público: la retransmisión en directo de contenidos informativos por parte de actores periféricos en Twitch. El objetivo de esta investigación es analizar mediante entrevistas semiestructuradas y análisis de contenido el lenguaje, formato y…
Sandbox Journalism: The Role of Media Labs as Innovation Drivers in European News Organisations
News organisations are seeking to innovate but face constraints related to time and resources for experimentation. In response, many have established in-house “labs” to support the development and testing of new ideas. This multi-national study explores how these media sandboxes operate within public service and commercial news outlets in Western Europe, as well as what they suggest about change within the journalistic field. Interviews with lead…
Cómo se cuenta la historia: Tipología de las narrativas interactivas en el periodismo
Las historias son universales. Lo que va cambiando es la forma de contarlas. La innovación en la narrativa periodística consiste en adecuar el contenido a la forma del modo más eficaz posible mediante el lenguaje y los recursos disponibles. Este ensayo plantea una tipología de veinte narrativas interactivas en el periodismo. La clasificación se basa en establecer cómo se cuenta la historia, identificando el elemento principal que vertebra el rela…
Transparencia en los contenidos informativos. Un análisis de métodos en el periodismo de datos español (2019-2022)
La crisis de confianza en el periodismo ha aumentado las esperanzas depositadas en la transparencia interna de los contenidos. Las posibilidades técnicas del periodismo de datos y su vinculación con las ciencias sociales suponen una oportunidad para poner en práctica estos valores de apertura y trazabilidad. Esta investigación se centra en las piezas que, en el día a día (no proyectos especiales), produjeron los medios españoles con unidades de d…
Innovación periodística: Ampliar el campo de la investigación [Presentación del monográfico]
Este monográfico aborda ocho trabajos sobre temáticas complementarias entre sí que exploran aspectos relevantes de las transformaciones que está experimentando el ecosistema mediático habida cuenta de que, aunque afronta una considerable crisis de credibilidad y sostenibilidad, el periodismo sigue desempeñando un papel capital para garantizar valores básicos en las sociedades democráticas. En este sentido, la actividad periodística es un ámbito f…
Transformación del ecosistema mediático post-covid. El teletrabajo y el modelo híbrido como innovación organizacional en las redacciones
La pandemia de covid-19 aceleró los esfuerzos de los medios de comunicación por sobrevivir en una situación de crisis sin precedentes. En este contexto, el teletrabajo, a pesar de existir desde hace décadas, destacó como una solución eficiente para sustentar los procesos organizativos. Este estudio exploratorio analiza el impacto del teletrabajo y la introducción de fórmulas híbridas en dos cabeceras del mercado español (eldiario.es y Heraldo de …
The Data Journalism Workforce: Demographics, Skills, Work Practices, and Challenges in the Aftermath of the Covid-19 Pandemic
In the last decade, data journalism has established itself as a thriving field. Recently, COVID-19 has boosted the demand for data-driven reporting to make sense of the pandemic, increasing the importance of studying the evolution of this rapidly evolving and technology-bounded practice. However, the number of efforts to map and systematically measure the data journalism industry are few. This paper analyses the findings of The State of the Data …
Innovations in Journalism as Complex Interplay: Supportive and Obstructive Factors in International Comparison
Where does innovation in journalism come from, how is it implemented, and what factors drive or hinder its development? Scholars have explored these questions from different perspectives for over two decades. Our research holistically considers the broader factors that influence the development of journalistic innovation at the macro, meso, and micro levels, and whether it is internally or externally driven. In a three-year international research…
How Covid-19 is Revamping Journalism: Newsroom Practices and Innovations in a Crisis Context
Worldwide audiences became interested in COVID-19-related news, as the health emergency generated a sharp increase in information consumption. Drawing on the literature of crisis innovation, this study aims to understand the transformations that have taken place in the Spanish journalistic industry and the innovations implemented during the pandemic. The research questions are: How has COVID-19 fostered innovation in work organisation in the Span…
Public Service Media laboratories as communities of practice: Implementing innovation at BBC News Labs and RTVE Lab
European Public Service Media (PSM) have implemented innovation departments or labs that seem to be useful for experimenting and developing innovative ideas regarding technologies, content, audiences and other areas. We have identified 17 PSM labs. We analyse these units through the lens of the Model of Coordinated Action developed by Lee and Paine (2015) and the concept of “Community of Practice” that describes how a group communicates, learns, …
Las innovaciones periodísticas más destacadas en España (2010-2020): Características e impacto organizacional, industrial y social
The emergence of new players and technological platforms, changes in consumer habits, and the transformation of the digital ecosystem accelerated the process of journalistic innovation in the last decade (2010-2020), emphasized by the Covid-19 pandemic. Journalism has undergone a process of permanent change, affecting practices, products, and professionals. In this context, this study identifies the most prominent journalistic innovations, descri…
Journalism as Usual? Managing Disruption in Virtual Newsrooms during the Covid-19 Crisis
This study focuses on managerial responses to disruption and, specifically, how news executives implemented journalistic practices and processes during the COVID-19 pandemic. Through the lens of Harvey's (2006) theorization of space, the concept of Collaborative Virtual Environments, and the model of communities of practice, I explore management's roles in virtual newsrooms. The method is based on semi-structured interviews with a purposive sampl…
Uso del diseño lúdico para combatir la desinformación: Los Newsgames Como Herramienta Para La Concienciación Sobre Los Bulos
El auge de las redes sociales, junto a una situación política particularmente convulsa, fomentan la proliferación de bulos y otros trastornos de la información. En este contexto, algunos medios e instituciones sin ánimo de lucro han desarrollado iniciativas de verificación para mostrar cómo detectar y evaluar críticamente las noticias falsas. La presente investigación tiene como objetivo analizar el potencial de cinco newsgames diseñados para edu…
El reportaje de infoentretenimiento: Evolución del género en las televisiones generalistas en España (1990-2020)
El macrogénero del infoentretenimiento televisivo comprende diversos géneros y, con independencia de la etiqueta con la que se defina cada uno, ofrece un amplio abanico de variaciones y combinaciones que se reinventa constantemente. El reportaje de infoentretenimiento implica una mutación del género puramente informativo, ya que la representación de las vidas cotidianas se ha convertido en un gran espectáculo televisivo con rasgos propios. Esta i…
Transformational Leadership and Innovation in Digital-Only News Outlets. Analysis of Quartz and El Confidencial
The constant changes in the media and increasing competition oblige news organizations to develop a solid leadership that promotes innovation. Transformational leadership has been recognized as an optimal style in this context, as it fosters organizational creativity and a collaborative culture, which are essential factors to anchor innovation within organizations by aligning workers with the company’s vision and empowering them to take their own…
When journalism and games intersect: Examining news quality, design and mechanics of political newsgames
The use of games to convey the news involves wrestling with two different narrative logics: the professional culture of journalism, based on the verification of information and the standards of objectivity and truthfulness, and the culture of games, characterized by the creation of imaginary worlds, the persuasive potential of entertainment and the mechanics of the gaming experience. This article examines a sample of eight newsgame designs and th…
El trabajo de la corresponsal irlandesa Gertrude Gaffney sobre la Guerra Civil española. Análisis cualitativo de la parcialidad y los estándares periodísticos
La Guerra Civil española fue el primer conflicto del que informaron muchas mujeres corresponsales de guerra. Una de ellas fue la irlandesa Gertrude Gaffney, cuyo papel como reportera en este conflicto fue notable en varios aspectos. A diferencia de sus colegas femeninas, a menudo poco experimentadas, la corresponsal del Irish Independent ya era una periodista política de gran reputación en su país. Fue una de las pocas mujeres periodistas que inf…
The role of innovation labs in advancing the relevance of Public Service Media: The cases of BBC News Labs and RTVE Lab
As part of their social function, Public Service Media (PSM) organizations are devoted to innovation. In this context, a number of European PSM outlets have created laboratories based on the implementation of products, services and formats for multiplatform audiences. Our research focused on two case studies: a) BBC News Labs (UK) and b) RTVE Lab (Spain). We applied both quantitative and qualitative methodologies. We used content analysis techniq…
Flujos de trabajo para el periodismo postindustrial: Métodos y programas para una comunicación organizacional más agil y transversal
Media seek to survive in a scenario of constant and dramatic changes. News organizations introduce flexible workflows in their newsrooms to reduce uncertainty and to adapt to the environment. In this paper, we propose a conceptual model that identifies two groups of practices: 1) methods for designing and creating products, which allow to launch assets that continually evolve to meet the changing needs of users; and 2), agile methodologies to man…
Los newsgames como estrategia narrativa en el periodismo transmedia: Propuesta de un modelo de análisis
El creciente uso y popularidad de las narrativas transmedia ha propiciado la aparición de nuevos géneros y formatos periodísticos. Es el caso de los newsgames, un formato interactivo que bebe del videojuego y el periodismo para mostrar las noticias de una forma lúdica, inmersiva y participativa. La presente comunicación tiene como objetivo proponer una herramienta de análisis que permita medir de forma cuantitativa el componente periodístico y lú…
Innovación en laboratorios de medios: El caso de El confidencial.LAB
The innovative organizational and work processes at the digital newspaper El confidencial.LAB, a laboratory created in 2013 within a newsroom, are analyzed. This research was conducted over a 16-month period, using non-participant observation, in-depth interviews with lab professionals, and a questionnaire answered by its members. The results reveal various innovations generated by El confidencial.LAB in products, internal organization, productio…
How journalists innovate in the newsroom. Proposing a model of the diffusion of innovations in media outlets
This paper explores how innovation emerges in the media through the views of journalists who are leading the process of newsroom change in Spain. Data were collected from semi-structured interviews with 20 journalists working in some of the most innovative outlets, according to the 2014 Index of Journalism Innovation in Spain (García-Avilés, Carvajal-Prieto, De Lara-González, & Arias-Robles, 2018). The results highlight the importance of innovati…
Developing an Index of Media Innovation in a National Market: The case of Spain
From a global vision of journalism innovation, this article presents a matrix that analyses and measures an innovation index of market-specific media initiatives, providing a valuable tool for comparative analysis. A method has been designed that consists of (1) sample collection and selection, and (2) the quantitative and qualitative analysis of each innovation identified in the cases studied. With the aim of generating an Index of Media Innovat…
Journalists at digital television newsrooms in Britain and Spain: Workflow and Multi‐skilling in a Competitive Environment
This paper explores the impact of new technology on journalists' attitudes and practice in distinctive national and organisational contexts, deriving evidence from observational and interview research conducted in six digital newsrooms selected to provide comparative settings in Britain (BSkyB, Independent Television News [ITN] and the British Broadcasting Corporation [BBC]) and Spain (Telecinco, Antena 3 and Telemadrid). The study explores the p…
Newsroom Integration in Austria, Spain and Germany: Models of media convergence
Convergence is reshaping the landscape of journalism in a variety of ways. This comparative study was targeted on integrated newsrooms, which combine at least two platforms: print and online, in some cases also television and radio. Research was conducted in six media companies which are undergoing some degree of newsroom convergence in Austria, Spain and Germany. Descriptors for different levels of cross-media production and the process of conve…
How journalists innovate in the newsroom. Proposing a model of the diffusion of innovations in media outlets
This paper explores how innovation emerges in the media through the views of journalists who are leading the process of newsroom change in Spain. Data were collected from semi-structured interviews with 20 journalists working in some of the most innovative outlets, according to the 2014 Index of Journalism Innovation in Spain (García-Avilés, Carvajal-Prieto, De Lara-González, & Arias-Robles, 2018). The results highlight the importance of innovati…
Media Convergence Revisited: Lessons learned on newsroom integration in Austria, Germany and Spain
Newsrooms are in a makeover process, reflecting the complex changes taking place in the market, along with a shift towards the digital domain within the media value creation chains. Our comparative study monitors convergence and integration processes in newsrooms in Spain (El Mundo), Germany (Die Welt) and Austria (Der Standard). Five years ago, we established three typical newsroom models and a convergence matrix for analysis and comparison: Ful…
Developing an Index of Media Innovation in a National Market: The case of Spain
From a global vision of journalism innovation, this article presents a matrix that analyses and measures an innovation index of market-specific media initiatives, providing a valuable tool for comparative analysis. A method has been designed that consists of (1) sample collection and selection, and (2) the quantitative and qualitative analysis of each innovation identified in the cases studied. With the aim of generating an Index of Media Innovat…
Journalistic practice in digital television newsrooms: The case of Spain's Tele 5 and Antena 3
This article examines some of the working practices of television journalists and the changes they are adopting in the process of digital news-gathering and editing. It relies on research carried out in the two main Spanish commercial networks, Tele 5 and Antena 3, which implemented integrated digital newrooms in 1998 and 1999, respectively. The study finds that journalists, managers and engineers at both networks developed a collaborative effort…
Innovations in Journalism as Complex Interplay: Supportive and Obstructive Factors in International Comparison
Where does innovation in journalism come from, how is it implemented, and what factors drive or hinder its development? Scholars have explored these questions from different perspectives for over two decades. Our research holistically considers the broader factors that influence the development of journalistic innovation at the macro, meso, and micro levels, and whether it is internally or externally driven. In a three-year international research…
The Data Journalism Workforce: Demographics, Skills, Work Practices, and Challenges in the Aftermath of the Covid-19 Pandemic
In the last decade, data journalism has established itself as a thriving field. Recently, COVID-19 has boosted the demand for data-driven reporting to make sense of the pandemic, increasing the importance of studying the evolution of this rapidly evolving and technology-bounded practice. However, the number of efforts to map and systematically measure the data journalism industry are few. This paper analyses the findings of The State of the Data …
Innovación en laboratorios de medios: El caso de El confidencial.LAB
The innovative organizational and work processes at the digital newspaper El confidencial.LAB, a laboratory created in 2013 within a newsroom, are analyzed. This research was conducted over a 16-month period, using non-participant observation, in-depth interviews with lab professionals, and a questionnaire answered by its members. The results reveal various innovations generated by El confidencial.LAB in products, internal organization, productio…
How Covid-19 is Revamping Journalism: Newsroom Practices and Innovations in a Crisis Context
Worldwide audiences became interested in COVID-19-related news, as the health emergency generated a sharp increase in information consumption. Drawing on the literature of crisis innovation, this study aims to understand the transformations that have taken place in the Spanish journalistic industry and the innovations implemented during the pandemic. The research questions are: How has COVID-19 fostered innovation in work organisation in the Span…
Las innovaciones periodísticas más destacadas en España (2010-2020): Características e impacto organizacional, industrial y social
The emergence of new players and technological platforms, changes in consumer habits, and the transformation of the digital ecosystem accelerated the process of journalistic innovation in the last decade (2010-2020), emphasized by the Covid-19 pandemic. Journalism has undergone a process of permanent change, affecting practices, products, and professionals. In this context, this study identifies the most prominent journalistic innovations, descri…
Crowdfunding and Non-Profit Media: The emergence of new models for public interest journalism
The media environment has changed dramatically in the last few years. Audience fragmentation and online advertising atomisation have transformed existing business models and put into question traditional media management practices. Now more than ever, policy makers and editors are concerned about the future of newspapers. In this changing scenario, there are new media models that attempt to promote and preserve public interest journalism. Among t…
Transformational Leadership and Innovation in Digital-Only News Outlets. Analysis of Quartz and El Confidencial
The constant changes in the media and increasing competition oblige news organizations to develop a solid leadership that promotes innovation. Transformational leadership has been recognized as an optimal style in this context, as it fosters organizational creativity and a collaborative culture, which are essential factors to anchor innovation within organizations by aligning workers with the company’s vision and empowering them to take their own…
Flujos de trabajo para el periodismo postindustrial: Métodos y programas para una comunicación organizacional más agil y transversal
Media seek to survive in a scenario of constant and dramatic changes. News organizations introduce flexible workflows in their newsrooms to reduce uncertainty and to adapt to the environment. In this paper, we propose a conceptual model that identifies two groups of practices: 1) methods for designing and creating products, which allow to launch assets that continually evolve to meet the changing needs of users; and 2), agile methodologies to man…
La visión de los productores sobre la televisión interactiva: El final de la utopía
La televisión interactiva (TVI) ha experimentado un amplio desarrollo aunque sin llegar a alcanzar la implantación masiva. Este artículo analiza los criterios que los productores de TVI están adoptando para conseguir que los nuevos programas satisfagan las expectativas de la audiencia y aprovechen al máximo las posibilidades del medio. En primer lugar, se identifican los temas esenciales que afectan a la producción de TVI y se formulan las hipóte…
La profesionalidad en el periodismo audiovisual: El caso de los manuales de estándares de las cadenas CBS, NBC y ABC
El 14 de abril de 1976, la dirección de los servicios informativos de la Columbia Broadcasting System distribuyó un manual de estándares para sus empleados. Dos años más tarde, en abril de 1978, se difundió el manual de la National Broadcasting Company entre sus redactores, y en marzo de 1982, vio la luz el de la American Broadcasting Company. Cada manual consta de unas sesenta páginas que recogen decenas de directrices sobre distintos ámbitos de…
La información audiovisual interactiva en el entorno de convergencia digital: Desarrollo y rasgos distintivos
Después de diversos intentos fallidos de convertir la televisión en un medio interactivo, la implantación de la tecnología digital y la consolidación de Internet como modelo de interactividad han abierto nuevas perspectivas, que aumentan significativamente la capacidad del espectador de controlar eficazmente el mensaje. Como consecuencia, surge un nuevo modelo de uso de la información audiovisual interactiva, caracterizado por la inmediatez en el…
La ubicación y la conmutación de los enlaces. Un análisis del comportamiento, la percepción y la comprensión ante la recepción del hipertexto periodístico
La inserción de enlaces todavía presenta grandes interrogantes en los contenidos informativos en internet. Este recurso, esencial y a veces invisible en la transformación del lenguaje digital, se ha analizado con profusión en campos como el diseño web, pero mucho menos en el periodístico. Por eso, esta investigación profundiza, aunque de manera exploratoria, en la influencia de la ubicación y la conmutación de los hipervínculos en el comportamien…
Journalistic practice in digital television newsrooms: The case of Spain's Tele 5 and Antena 3
This article examines some of the working practices of television journalists and the changes they are adopting in the process of digital news-gathering and editing. It relies on research carried out in the two main Spanish commercial networks, Tele 5 and Antena 3, which implemented integrated digital newrooms in 1998 and 1999, respectively. The study finds that journalists, managers and engineers at both networks developed a collaborative effort…
Journalists at digital television newsrooms in Britain and Spain: Workflow and Multi‐skilling in a Competitive Environment
This paper explores the impact of new technology on journalists' attitudes and practice in distinctive national and organisational contexts, deriving evidence from observational and interview research conducted in six digital newsrooms selected to provide comparative settings in Britain (BSkyB, Independent Television News [ITN] and the British Broadcasting Corporation [BBC]) and Spain (Telecinco, Antena 3 and Telemadrid). The study explores the p…
Periodistas que ejercen de documentalistas (¿y viceversa?). Nuevas relaciones entre la redacción y el archivo tras la digitalización de los medios
Digitization of media archives has improved both news librarians’ and journalists’ work. However, a significant proportion of Spanish journalists prefer searching for information on the Internet rather than in archives. Moreover, the quality of journalists’ work decreases because few journalists receive proper training on information retrieval. Our research is based on ethnographic observation and interviews with more than 70 professionals from s…
From Newspapers to Multimedia Groups: Business growth strategies of the regional press in Spain
Regional newspapers in Spain have experienced a period of stability and prosperity over the last two decades. But across the last five years, increasing media competition and declining circulation figures have diminished Spain′s regional newspaper industry bonanza and the sector is now actively implementing new strategies. This paper analyses the implementation of multimedia and convergence strategies at the two larger Spanish regional media grou…
Newsroom Integration in Austria, Spain and Germany: Models of media convergence
Convergence is reshaping the landscape of journalism in a variety of ways. This comparative study was targeted on integrated newsrooms, which combine at least two platforms: print and online, in some cases also television and radio. Research was conducted in six media companies which are undergoing some degree of newsroom convergence in Austria, Spain and Germany. Descriptors for different levels of cross-media production and the process of conve…
Crowdfunding and Non-Profit Media: The emergence of new models for public interest journalism
The media environment has changed dramatically in the last few years. Audience fragmentation and online advertising atomisation have transformed existing business models and put into question traditional media management practices. Now more than ever, policy makers and editors are concerned about the future of newspapers. In this changing scenario, there are new media models that attempt to promote and preserve public interest journalism. Among t…
Media Convergence Revisited: Lessons learned on newsroom integration in Austria, Germany and Spain
Newsrooms are in a makeover process, reflecting the complex changes taking place in the market, along with a shift towards the digital domain within the media value creation chains. Our comparative study monitors convergence and integration processes in newsrooms in Spain (El Mundo), Germany (Die Welt) and Austria (Der Standard). Five years ago, we established three typical newsroom models and a convergence matrix for analysis and comparison: Ful…
Developing an Index of Media Innovation in a National Market: The case of Spain
From a global vision of journalism innovation, this article presents a matrix that analyses and measures an innovation index of market-specific media initiatives, providing a valuable tool for comparative analysis. A method has been designed that consists of (1) sample collection and selection, and (2) the quantitative and qualitative analysis of each innovation identified in the cases studied. With the aim of generating an Index of Media Innovat…
Los newsgames como estrategia narrativa en el periodismo transmedia: Propuesta de un modelo de análisis
El creciente uso y popularidad de las narrativas transmedia ha propiciado la aparición de nuevos géneros y formatos periodísticos. Es el caso de los newsgames, un formato interactivo que bebe del videojuego y el periodismo para mostrar las noticias de una forma lúdica, inmersiva y participativa. La presente comunicación tiene como objetivo proponer una herramienta de análisis que permita medir de forma cuantitativa el componente periodístico y lú…
Innovación en laboratorios de medios: El caso de El confidencial.LAB
The innovative organizational and work processes at the digital newspaper El confidencial.LAB, a laboratory created in 2013 within a newsroom, are analyzed. This research was conducted over a 16-month period, using non-participant observation, in-depth interviews with lab professionals, and a questionnaire answered by its members. The results reveal various innovations generated by El confidencial.LAB in products, internal organization, productio…
How journalists innovate in the newsroom. Proposing a model of the diffusion of innovations in media outlets
This paper explores how innovation emerges in the media through the views of journalists who are leading the process of newsroom change in Spain. Data were collected from semi-structured interviews with 20 journalists working in some of the most innovative outlets, according to the 2014 Index of Journalism Innovation in Spain (García-Avilés, Carvajal-Prieto, De Lara-González, & Arias-Robles, 2018). The results highlight the importance of innovati…
The role of innovation labs in advancing the relevance of Public Service Media: The cases of BBC News Labs and RTVE Lab
As part of their social function, Public Service Media (PSM) organizations are devoted to innovation. In this context, a number of European PSM outlets have created laboratories based on the implementation of products, services and formats for multiplatform audiences. Our research focused on two case studies: a) BBC News Labs (UK) and b) RTVE Lab (Spain). We applied both quantitative and qualitative methodologies. We used content analysis techniq…
Flujos de trabajo para el periodismo postindustrial: Métodos y programas para una comunicación organizacional más agil y transversal
Media seek to survive in a scenario of constant and dramatic changes. News organizations introduce flexible workflows in their newsrooms to reduce uncertainty and to adapt to the environment. In this paper, we propose a conceptual model that identifies two groups of practices: 1) methods for designing and creating products, which allow to launch assets that continually evolve to meet the changing needs of users; and 2), agile methodologies to man…
When journalism and games intersect: Examining news quality, design and mechanics of political newsgames
The use of games to convey the news involves wrestling with two different narrative logics: the professional culture of journalism, based on the verification of information and the standards of objectivity and truthfulness, and the culture of games, characterized by the creation of imaginary worlds, the persuasive potential of entertainment and the mechanics of the gaming experience. This article examines a sample of eight newsgame designs and th…
El trabajo de la corresponsal irlandesa Gertrude Gaffney sobre la Guerra Civil española. Análisis cualitativo de la parcialidad y los estándares periodísticos
La Guerra Civil española fue el primer conflicto del que informaron muchas mujeres corresponsales de guerra. Una de ellas fue la irlandesa Gertrude Gaffney, cuyo papel como reportera en este conflicto fue notable en varios aspectos. A diferencia de sus colegas femeninas, a menudo poco experimentadas, la corresponsal del Irish Independent ya era una periodista política de gran reputación en su país. Fue una de las pocas mujeres periodistas que inf…
Journalism as Usual? Managing Disruption in Virtual Newsrooms during the Covid-19 Crisis
This study focuses on managerial responses to disruption and, specifically, how news executives implemented journalistic practices and processes during the COVID-19 pandemic. Through the lens of Harvey's (2006) theorization of space, the concept of Collaborative Virtual Environments, and the model of communities of practice, I explore management's roles in virtual newsrooms. The method is based on semi-structured interviews with a purposive sampl…
Uso del diseño lúdico para combatir la desinformación: Los Newsgames Como Herramienta Para La Concienciación Sobre Los Bulos
El auge de las redes sociales, junto a una situación política particularmente convulsa, fomentan la proliferación de bulos y otros trastornos de la información. En este contexto, algunos medios e instituciones sin ánimo de lucro han desarrollado iniciativas de verificación para mostrar cómo detectar y evaluar críticamente las noticias falsas. La presente investigación tiene como objetivo analizar el potencial de cinco newsgames diseñados para edu…
El reportaje de infoentretenimiento: Evolución del género en las televisiones generalistas en España (1990-2020)
El macrogénero del infoentretenimiento televisivo comprende diversos géneros y, con independencia de la etiqueta con la que se defina cada uno, ofrece un amplio abanico de variaciones y combinaciones que se reinventa constantemente. El reportaje de infoentretenimiento implica una mutación del género puramente informativo, ya que la representación de las vidas cotidianas se ha convertido en un gran espectáculo televisivo con rasgos propios. Esta i…
Transformational Leadership and Innovation in Digital-Only News Outlets. Analysis of Quartz and El Confidencial
The constant changes in the media and increasing competition oblige news organizations to develop a solid leadership that promotes innovation. Transformational leadership has been recognized as an optimal style in this context, as it fosters organizational creativity and a collaborative culture, which are essential factors to anchor innovation within organizations by aligning workers with the company’s vision and empowering them to take their own…
How Covid-19 is Revamping Journalism: Newsroom Practices and Innovations in a Crisis Context
Worldwide audiences became interested in COVID-19-related news, as the health emergency generated a sharp increase in information consumption. Drawing on the literature of crisis innovation, this study aims to understand the transformations that have taken place in the Spanish journalistic industry and the innovations implemented during the pandemic. The research questions are: How has COVID-19 fostered innovation in work organisation in the Span…
Public Service Media laboratories as communities of practice: Implementing innovation at BBC News Labs and RTVE Lab
European Public Service Media (PSM) have implemented innovation departments or labs that seem to be useful for experimenting and developing innovative ideas regarding technologies, content, audiences and other areas. We have identified 17 PSM labs. We analyse these units through the lens of the Model of Coordinated Action developed by Lee and Paine (2015) and the concept of “Community of Practice” that describes how a group communicates, learns, …
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