Santiago Tejedor
Biographic Data
| ID | 885471 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Santiago Tejedor |
| GIVEN NAMES | Santiago |
| FAMILY NAME | Tejedor |
| SIGNATURE | TEJEDOR S |
| AFFILIATIONS | Universitat Autonòma de Barcelona |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-5539-9800 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 67 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 74 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 67 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2006 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
Constructing childhood and state violence critical media representations of the Malvinas case in Ecuadorian press discourse
This article examines the media representation of state violence against children in Ecuador, focusing on the Malvinas case in which four minors were executed by the armed forces in 2024. Drawing on a qualitative content analysis of major national newspapers (El Comercio, El Universo, El Mercurio, La Hora, Primicias, GK, Extra and Expreso), the study investigates how childhood was discursively constructed in news coverage and how narratives frame…
Urban Fear, Criminality and the Erosion of Intangible Cultural Access in Machala: A Critical Qualitative Content Analysis of Ecuadorian National Digital Press
This article examines how the Ecuadorian national digital press has represented the relationship between criminal violence, declining mobility, tourism contraction, and the erosion of intangible cultural access in Machala, Puerto Bolívar, and the route to Jambelí during 2025. This study aims to explain how mediated representations of insecurity can contribute to the symbolic narrowing of culturally meaningful urban–coastal spaces, even when those…
Representación mediática de la salud mental en Iberoamérica: Tendencias y desafíos en la era digital
Más de mil millones de personas están afectadas por un trastorno mental según la Organización Mundial de la Salud (OMS). En este contexto, la cobertura informativa de la salud mental es uno de los grandes desafíos de los medios de comunicación en un escenario marcado por la desinformación y el ruido digital. Este trabajo, desde un planteamiento metodológico descriptivo transversal, ha analizado las noticias relacionadas con la salud mental en los…
From Crime to Crisis: Media Narratives of Extortion and Economic Decline in Ecuador
This article examines how Ecuadorian digital media have portrayed the phenomenon of vacunas—an extortion practice targeting small businesses—between January and July 2025. Through qualitative content analysis and semiotic analysis, this study reviews news items, reports, interviews, editorials and chronicles published in eight major national outlets (Expreso, El Universo, El Comercio, El Mercurio, La Hora, GK, Primicias and Extra). Findings revea…
Instagram educators in Latin America. An approach to their practices and potential
Introduction Instagram, a visually-driven platform preferred by 85% of global influencers, remains underutilized in the educational domain. In Latin America, a region marked by socio-technological contrasts, the emergence of educational content creators—or “edugrammers”—has gained momentum, yet little is known about their strategies and impact. This study explores how these microinfluencers shape informal learning through Instagram. Methods A des…
Values and Ethics as Education Policy: Media Framing of Ecuador’s 2024 Curriculum Reform
Ecuador is experiencing an unprecedented escalation of violence, organized crime and public insecurity, prompting the Ministry of Education to introduce a curricular reform through Ministerial Agreement MINEDUC-MINEDUC-2024-00060-A. This reform incorporates five new subjects—Civic Education, Ethics and Integrity, Education for Sustainable Development, Socioemotional Education, Financial Education, and Education for Road Safety and Sustainable Mob…
Acción conectiva y movilización conservadora: Análisis del activismo digital contra el currículo escolar con enfoque de género en Perú
Introducción: La presente investigación tiene como objetivo examinar críticamente el periodo formativo de la movilización conservadora gestada en el Perú contra el currículo escolar con enfoque de género, en línea con el resurgimiento de movilizaciones similares en todo el mundo. Desde el concepto aplicado de acción conectiva (Bennet y Segerberg, 2012), la investigación evalúa y reflexiona sobre la actividad en la red social Facebook de grupos em…
Combatting the Misinformation Crisis: A Systematic Review of the Literature on Characteristics and Effectiveness of Media Literacy Interventions
Due to the prevalence of misinformation in current media environments, there is an urgent need for effective media literacy interventions that broadly protect people from its negative effects. However, such interventions do not always have their desired impact, calling for a better understanding of the factors influencing their efficacy. Therefore, we conducted a systematic literature review on 80 experimental studies, following the PRISMA checkl…
Cómo contar el medioambiente: Características y tendencias de las narrativas ambientales en países megadiversos
Este estudio analiza las características y tendencias del periodismo ambiental en América Latina a partir de entrevistas semiestructuradas con 21 profesionales —entre periodistas y comunicadores especializados—, con el objetivo de identificar las funciones del periodismo en la construcción de narrativas ambientales, los obstáculos estructurales que enfrentan y las estrategias que emplean para garantizar una cobertura rigurosa y ética. Se desarrol…
Noticias falsas, desinformación y alfabetización mediática en Iberoamérica: Un debate necesario
Disinformation has become a critical problem in contemporary societies, threatening democratic processes, public health, and social cohesion. In Ibero-America, the spread of fake news and deceptive content has gained prominence over the past decade, driven by the massive penetration of social networks and messaging apps. This article presents a review of scientific literature on fake news and disinformation in the Ibero-American context, with emp…
Narratives of Abandonment: A Media-Based Analysis of School Dropout and Youth Recruitment in Conflict Zones of Ecuador
School dropout and the recruitment of minors by criminal organizations have become deeply intertwined phenomena in Ecuador, particularly in territories marked by extreme violence and institutional fragility. This study investigates how Ecuadorian national media construct and frame these issues in 2025, using a qualitative content analysis of 85 opinion columns, editorials and analytical pieces published in leading outlets including El Comercio, E…
Cobertura del suicidio en medios iberoamericanos: Análisis de contenido y encuadre informativo
La cobertura informativa sobre el suicidio debe tener especial tratamiento por parte de periodistas y medios de comunicación. Estudios previos confirman que la narrativa puede desencadenar imitadores e incluso pensamientos suicidas en personas con trastornos de salud mental. En este sentido, la Organización Mundial de la Salud (OMS) y la Organización Panamericana de la Salud (OPS) han brindado varias directrices para la cobertura de este tema. Es…
El turismo religioso como objeto de estudio: Revisión bibliográfica sistematizada (2019-2023)
Religious tourism is an important economic and cultural driver for many destinations and is one of the fastest-growing sectors within the global tourism market. Based on a meta-analysis and review of emerging literature from the period 2019-2023 in the Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI) of the Web of Science (WoS), this study analyses, from a quantitative-qualitative approach, the state-of-the-art research on this sub-category of tourism from …
Capítulo 2. Verificar para poder innovar: Estudios de casos desde la hibridación y la transversalidad entre medios
La necesidad de innovar conecta, en el actual panorama mediático, con la urgencia de combatir la desinformación. Estos desafíos se suman a los procesos de hibridación y transversalidad entre las rutinas productivas, los formatos y las dinámicas de trabajo de los medios de comunicación. Partiendo de ello, el trabajo analiza los resultados derivados del estudio detallado de 7 experiencias de verificación en diferentes medios. El estudio identifica …
Percepción del rol del periodista latinoamericano en contextos de conflicto, violencia y conmoción social
Esta investigación analiza la percepción de los profesionales de la información, la comunicación y el periodismo de la región latinoamericana sobre el rol que cumplen en contextos de conflicto, violencia y conmoción social. Para ello se aplica una metodología cualitativa a través de la técnica de la entrevista estructurada dirigida a 26 profesionales de 10 países, quienes voluntariamente accedieron a colaborar en el estudio, constituyéndose en un…
TikTok and Political Communication: The Latest Frontier of Politainment? A Case Study
TikTok is without any doubt the most popular social media among Gen Zers. Originally born as a lip-syncing app, it can be exploited in different ways; as such, it represents a new fertile space for political communication. In this vein, previous studies have shown that politicians all over the planet are joining the platform as a tool to connect with younger audiences. This study examines the use of TikTok in the last presidential elections in Pe…
“You are the best… but can you twerk?” How twitter users challenge the messaging around female professional footballers in the 2019 Uefa women’s champions league final in a postfeminist context
This paper analyses how fans engage on Twitter with the 22 players in the starting line up during the week of the 2019 UEFA Women’s Champions League final. It explores fans’ entangled representations of female professional footballers on Twitter from a postfeminist sensibility. Out of 200 tweets posted by the players during the day of the final and the week after, the research focuses on the 1468 fans replies to the 20 most engaged players’ tweet…
Twitting Against the Enemy: Populist Radical Right Parties Discourse Against the (Political) “Other”
There is a common agreement in considering populism as a Manichean worldview that oversimplifies and polarizes political options reducing them to a symbolical struggle between an “us” and a “them.” “Us” is embodied by “the people,” equated with “good,” and “them” is identified by political “Others,” often embodied by “the elites” who are depicted as inherently “evil.” Naturally, the nature and composition of the people and the elite vary accordin…
The Representation and Politicization of the Covid-19 Pandemic on the Front Pages of the Daily Newspapers of Russia, Italy, the United Kingdom, Spain, France, Portugal, Germany, and the United States
The impact COVID-19 has demanded an additional effort from the media to report a virus of global reach. During the lockdown, there has been an increase in information consumption derived from the interest and concern of citizens to know the characteristics, development, and threats of the coronavirus. Although social networks have ranked first among the cyberspace platforms most consulted by citizens, different studies indicate that citizens cons…
Cartografía mundial de herramientas, fact-checkers y proyectos contra la infodemia
La desinformación se ha convertido en una problemática comunicativa social a nivel mundial. Partiendo de ello, esta investigación ha construido un mapping de fact-checkers, herramientas y proyectos que trabajan para mitigar el impacto desinformativo entre la ciudadanía. El estudio ha analizado la tipología y las particularidades de una cartografía de 120 fact-checkers, 120 herramientas y 50 proyectos especializados en el monitoreo y la validación…
Cartografía de la mujer periodista: Violencia y conflictos armados (1914-2021)
La investigación analiza el trabajo de 228 mujeres reporteras de guerra que han cubierto un conflicto armado desde 1914 hasta 2021. El estudio aplica la técnica de la investigación-acción, construyendo así el primer directorio interactivo e infográfico de mujeres corresponsales de guerra. Como resultado se muestra la necesidad de dar visibilización a las mujeres reporteras en zonas de conflicto y a la feminización del periodismo en primera línea …
El tratamiento informativo de China en la prensa española: Análisis de temas, marcos y estereotipos
La investigación analiza el trabajo de 228 mujeres reporteras de guerra que han cubierto un conflicto armado desde 1914 hasta 2021. El estudio aplica la técnica de la investigación-acción, construyendo así el primer directorio interactivo e infográfico de mujeres corresponsales de guerra. Como resultado se muestra la necesidad de dar visibilización a las mujeres reporteras en zonas de conflicto y a la feminización del periodismo en primera línea …
Capítulo 2. Aprender y enseñar periodismo en la era del ruido digital: Retos formativos del periodismo
Enseñar es aprender. El nuevo escenario informativo y comunicativo demanda de importantes transformaciones en las propuestas formativas dirigidas a la preparación de los futuros profesionales del periodismo y de la comunicación. Junto a la adquisición de nuevas competencias y habilidades, emerge el resto de redefinir las metodologías educativas a partir del estudio del nuevo perfil de usuario, de la coyuntura comunicativa y de la variedad de recu…
Estudio comparativo sobre el potencial del meme como recurso de comunicación política: Recepción, usos y significados en estudiantes universitarios (Ecuador-España)
Esta investigación analiza la percepción del alumnado sobre el meme como una herramienta discursiva y estratégica en el escenario político digital. Para ello se realiza un estudio comparativo entre 178 estudiantes de las carreras de Comunicación y Periodismo de dos universidades públicas como son: Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona (España) y Universidad Técnica de Machala (Ecuador). A nivel metodológico, se aplicó la encuesta como principal técni…
Comunicación digital y ciudad: Análisis de las páginas web de las ciudades más visitadas en el mundo en la era de la Covid-19
Hoy en día, las ciudades compiten por convertirse en la elección de la comunidad mundial en materia de inversiones, comercio, turismo y asociaciones. En este contexto, la redefinición de su estrategia de comunicación, especialmente a nivel digital, se ha convertido en un reto urgente. Por otro lado, la Covid-19 ha impactado directamente en todas las facetas de la vida y, particularmente, en el mundo de los viajes y el turismo, se ha transformado …
"Framing "The Gypsy Problem: Populist Electoral Use of Romaphobia in Italy (2014-2019)
Xenophobic arguments have long been at the center of the political discourse of the Lega party in Italy, nonetheless Matteo Salvini, the new leader, capitalizing on diffused Romaphobia, placed Roma people at the center of his political discourse, institutionalizing the "Camp visit" as an electoral event. Through the analysis of eight consecutive electoral campaigns, in a six year period, mixing computer-based quantitative and qualitative content …
El impacto de las fake news en la investigación en Ciencias Sociales. Revisión bibliográfica sistematizada
Las noticias falsas o fake news vienen ocupando un papel protagonista a nivel político, social, mediático y también, científico. En este trabajo se desarrolla una revisión sistematizada de los estudios realizados hasta la fecha sobre las noticias falsas, partiendo de las principales bases de datos (Web of Science, Dialnet Plus) y con el fin de verificar qué temas han atraído la atención de la comunidad científica al respecto, qué técnicas de inve…
Challenges and Risks of Internet Use by Children. How to Empower Minors
The aim of this paper is to reflect critically, using the latest data taken from reports, research, publications and other sources, on how to empower children in their daily Internet browsing given current online risks. These risks faced by children are a real concern for teachers, families and researchers and this article will focus on analyzing those online risks which produce the most emotional distress for children, namely grooming and cyberb…
Twitting Against the Enemy: Populist Radical Right Parties Discourse Against the (Political) “Other”
There is a common agreement in considering populism as a Manichean worldview that oversimplifies and polarizes political options reducing them to a symbolical struggle between an “us” and a “them.” “Us” is embodied by “the people,” equated with “good,” and “them” is identified by political “Others,” often embodied by “the elites” who are depicted as inherently “evil.” Naturally, the nature and composition of the people and the elite vary accordin…
What Kind of Islamophobia? Representation of Muslims and Islam in Italian and Spanish Media
News media play a crucial role in the production and reproduction of stereotypes, influencing public opinions regarding different groups and minorities. Thus, acquiring a deeper understanding of media coverage of Muslims and Islam is decisive for understanding the sources of public attitudes towards Muslims. This study aims at displaying how Muslims and Islam are represented in Italian and Spanish media. Focusing on the online version of the two …
News literacy and online news between Egyptian and Spanish youth: Fake news, hate speech and trust in the media
Exposure to harmful content, fake news, and hate speech, calls to question whether citizens are 'responsible' when it comes to their online news behavior. This exploratory study aims to positioning news literacy as a mediating factor toward fostering civic responsibility by investigating its role in enhancing youth's online news experience and preparing them against harmful content. News literacy is defined as a multi-structural construct with th…
Comparative Study of the Information about the Covid-19 Pandemic and Covid-19 Vaccines on the Covers of United Kingdom, France, Spain and United States’ Main Newspapers
This study compares the information coverage of the vaccine against the information of the COVID-19 pandemic in eight newspapers (two per country) from the United Kingdom, France, Spain and the United States. The newspapers analyzed are The Times and The Guardian (United Kingdom), Le Monde and Le Figaro (France), El País and El Mundo (Spain), and The New York Times and The Washington Post (United States). On a methodological level, the work uses …
From the Immediacy of the Cybermedia to the Need for Slow Journalism: Experiences from Ibero-America
The pressure of immediacy, the dictatorship of the click, and the growing avalanche of fake news have impacted journalism. Citizens are particularly skeptical about the information they receive from the press, especially in the digital media. Journalism is faced with the need – or almost the urgency – to rethink, reinvent and redefine messages, routines, and processes. In this regard, various initiatives, especially in Ibero-America, have opted f…
Perception of journalists reporting in conflict zones: Labour situation, working conditions and main challenges in information coverage in contexts of violence
A total of 324 journalists have been killed in the world in the last decade. In Latin America and the Caribbean, the situation is alarming. Based on these statistics, this work presents an investigation with journalists from 10 countries. Based on in-depth interviews and the Delphi method, the study explores professionals’ perspectives about violence against journalists, pointing out the challenges for women, the role of independent media togethe…
Journalism that tells the future: Possibilities and journalistic scenarios for augmented reality
The Gartner Hype Cycle for Emerging Technologies highlights “augmented human technologies” as one of their emerging trends, while the Future Today Institute alludes to the potential of extended reality (digitally manipulated environments encompassing virtual and augmented reality) for the development of new applications with great informative value. Based on this, the current study brings together in-depth interviews with experts who analyze the …
Integrated research model for web interfaces: Toward a taxonomy of quantitative and qualitative analysis for digital native media
In a context marked by the emergence of new platforms and interfaces, digital native media face the challenge of organizing and presenting their content in an effective and eloquent way. This milestone requires ongoing work toward the identification and conceptualization of the dimensions that map the structural and formal requirements necessary for fluid communication with audiences and adequate visibility in the digital ecosystem. This study, w…
Análisis de la integración de sistemas inteligentes de alertas y automatización de contenidos en cuatro cibermedios
El uso de aplicaciones de inteligencia artificial en las diferentes fases de elaboración de noticias ya es una práctica habitual en los medios de comunicación de más prestigio internacional, pero el análisis de su uso en la práctica profesional es un campo incipiente en la investigación desde el ámbito de periodismo. La investigación pionera “Aplicación de la inteligencia artificial en la elaboración de noticias” desarrollada por La Cátedra RTVE …
Los docentes universitarios frente al cambio a la educación virtual impuesta por el coronavirus
Esta investigación realizó un estudio comparativo entre tres países muy impactados por el coronavirus a partir del análisis de las reflexiones de docentes sobre la enseñanza virtual universitaria durante la etapa de confinamiento. El estudio, de carácter descriptivo, exploratorio y explicativo, aplicó 196 encuestas, entre marzo y abril de 2020, a docentes de periodismo, comunicación y educación de la Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona (España), Un…
Analysis of Journalism and Communication Studies in Europe’s Top Ranked Universities: Competencies, Aims and Courses
This article presents the results of a descriptive study that analyzes 17 curricula in Communication and Journalism of the 8 best ranked universities in Europe in the field of Communication, according to the QS World University Rankings. The research, using both quantitative and qualitative methodology, analyzes the academic curricula focusing on 687 courses, studying the type of courses, credit and subjects and their distribution in the curricul…
Cobertura del suicidio en medios iberoamericanos: Análisis de contenido y encuadre informativo
La cobertura informativa sobre el suicidio debe tener especial tratamiento por parte de periodistas y medios de comunicación. Estudios previos confirman que la narrativa puede desencadenar imitadores e incluso pensamientos suicidas en personas con trastornos de salud mental. En este sentido, la Organización Mundial de la Salud (OMS) y la Organización Panamericana de la Salud (OPS) han brindado varias directrices para la cobertura de este tema. Es…
Cartografía mundial de herramientas, fact-checkers y proyectos contra la infodemia
La desinformación se ha convertido en una problemática comunicativa social a nivel mundial. Partiendo de ello, esta investigación ha construido un mapping de fact-checkers, herramientas y proyectos que trabajan para mitigar el impacto desinformativo entre la ciudadanía. El estudio ha analizado la tipología y las particularidades de una cartografía de 120 fact-checkers, 120 herramientas y 50 proyectos especializados en el monitoreo y la validación…
The framing of news reports on the Catalonian referendum in two leading British newspapers
Even though the independence referendum held in 2017 in Catalonia was unsuccessful, the large role of the media together with easy, fast international broadcasting and the fear of a possible mimic effect in other regions made the entire world observe and discuss the event. The purpose of this article is to analyse the media coverage of the referendum in two benchmark British newspapers, The Guardian and The Telegraph . Based on hypotheses that th…
Enseñanza técnico-digital en los estudios de Periodismo en España: Hacia una formación híbrida genérica y especializada en lenguajes y formatos
Technological transformations and, especially, the accelerated process of digitalization have changed the profiles and production routines of the media. At the same time, universities have had to adapt their journalism curricula to new training needs. This paper analyzes the evolution of the technical-digital training of the journalism degree in Spain over the last two decades through a comparative study of three stages: before, during, and after…
Spanish journalists on Twitter: Diagnostic approach to what, and how Spanish journalists talk about politics, international affairs, society, communication and culture
Twitter has become a broad network of news and information. Journalists exploit the possibilities of this network to access information sources, to disseminate messages or participate in debates about current news. The objective of this investigation is to discover what Spanish journalists talk about on Twitter through a comparative study between journalists working in traditional media and in cyber media and determine if there is a difference be…
Propuesta de indicadores para evaluar las competencias de alfabetización mediática en las administraciones públicas
A framework of indicators and a media competence self-assessment test for public administrations is proposed, in a field where few evaluation methods have been implemented up until now. The study is based on media literacy (ML) indicators divided in five general criteria defined by Pérez-Tornero and Celot (2009). These are: availability of media, ML context, use, critical understanding, and communication. The initial frameworks were compared with…
Motivaciones de uso de las redes sociales de los estudiantes de periodismo de América Latina y España
Diferentes estudios han clasificado el uso de las redes sociales a partir de una serie de tipologías basadas en elementos personales, sicológicos, sociales, comunicacionales o profesionales. Sin embargo, la pregunta sobre las motivaciones que tienen grupos de usuarios específicos para utilizar las redes sociales es una materia que puede analizarse en profundidad a partir de la segmentación de públicos de interés. El artículo explora los intereses…
Estudiantes universitarios ante los retos formativos de las Redes Sociales: El caso de Colombia
principal aim of this research is to identify their use of the social networks. Seventyone surveys and 12 focus groups were carried out. The results show that students in the sample use the social networks as complex tools that allow them to train, inform, participate, cooperate, work and entertain themselves. The students demonstrate a high critical level and an important knowledge of the advantage and disadvantages of the networks. The conclusi…
Web 2.0 en los ciberdiarios de América Latina, España y Portugal
The present article analyzes the presence and the type of use of the platforms and resources of the web 2.0 in the principal online newspapers of Latin America. The results derive from a recent study of 70 online mass media of Latin America, Spain and Portugal with the aim to diagnose the presence of the social web, the type of application of Web 2.0 resources and how these modify the concept of a web newspaper
The interactive multimedia story
In this article we reflect upon the educational possibilities of interactive multimedia stories. After analysing the origins and the evolution of stories, we studied the innovations introduced by the multimedia convergence, the hypertext and interactivity in stories with educational objectives within the Information Society. We are also presenting an interactive multimedia story project developed by the Master of Communication and Education at th…
Hacia un currículo de ciberperiodismo. Estado, problemas y retos en la enseñanza del periodismo online: El caso de España
El año 1994, alrededor de 20 diarios electrónicos poblaban Internet. Actualmente,existen más de 10 000. A ellos se unen una infinidad de sitios web informativos, milesde weblogs, gran cantidad de páginas con servicios de todo tipo... Así, la Red hatransformado muchos ámbitos de nuestra vida: la compra, el trabajo, la educación,la salud... y, especialmente, la información y la comunicación. Ante este aluvión decontenidos que introduce Internet, la…
Oral-gestural, writing, audio, audiovisual and… digital? The five degrees of communication in education
This article portrays an overview of the five degrees of comunication in education: oralgestural, writing, audio, audiovisual and digital. It highlights the changes introduced by the on-line scenario in the educational process, reflecting on the character of the student, the teacher and the relationship between them. En el marco del presente artículo se presenta un recorrido a través de cinco grados de la comunicación en educación: el oral-gestua…
Web 2.0 en los ciberdiarios de América Latina, España y Portugal
The present article analyzes the presence and the type of use of the platforms and resources of the web 2.0 in the principal online newspapers of Latin America. The results derive from a recent study of 70 online mass media of Latin America, Spain and Portugal with the aim to diagnose the presence of the social web, the type of application of Web 2.0 resources and how these modify the concept of a web newspaper
Trends and models of Media literacy in Europe: Between digital competence and critical understanding
Anàlisi is a science journal published by the Journalism and Communication Sciences Department of the Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB). The journal has been published by the UAB Journalism Department since 1980. Anàlisi publishes science articles in the fields of the communication sciences: journalism, advertising and public relations, audiovisual communication, internet, multimedia and similar areas, always from the social and cultural v…
Challenges and Risks of Internet Use by Children. How to Empower Minors
The aim of this paper is to reflect critically, using the latest data taken from reports, research, publications and other sources, on how to empower children in their daily Internet browsing given current online risks. These risks faced by children are a real concern for teachers, families and researchers and this article will focus on analyzing those online risks which produce the most emotional distress for children, namely grooming and cyberb…
Estudiantes universitarios ante los retos formativos de las Redes Sociales: El caso de Colombia
principal aim of this research is to identify their use of the social networks. Seventyone surveys and 12 focus groups were carried out. The results show that students in the sample use the social networks as complex tools that allow them to train, inform, participate, cooperate, work and entertain themselves. The students demonstrate a high critical level and an important knowledge of the advantage and disadvantages of the networks. The conclusi…
Motivaciones de uso de las redes sociales de los estudiantes de periodismo de América Latina y España
Diferentes estudios han clasificado el uso de las redes sociales a partir de una serie de tipologías basadas en elementos personales, sicológicos, sociales, comunicacionales o profesionales. Sin embargo, la pregunta sobre las motivaciones que tienen grupos de usuarios específicos para utilizar las redes sociales es una materia que puede analizarse en profundidad a partir de la segmentación de públicos de interés. El artículo explora los intereses…
Propuesta de indicadores para evaluar las competencias de alfabetización mediática en las administraciones públicas
A framework of indicators and a media competence self-assessment test for public administrations is proposed, in a field where few evaluation methods have been implemented up until now. The study is based on media literacy (ML) indicators divided in five general criteria defined by Pérez-Tornero and Celot (2009). These are: availability of media, ML context, use, critical understanding, and communication. The initial frameworks were compared with…
Millennials» e internet: Cómo los estudiantes de Comunicación iberoamericanos utilizan y valoran las redes sociales
El uso de las tecnologías por parte de la generación millennial se ha convertido en objeto de análisis de numerosos estudios. Este artículo presenta los resultados de una investigación realizada en 16 países iberoamericanos con 1.080 estudiantes universitarios de Comunicación que reflexionaron sobre la importancia y el uso que hacen de las redes sociales en sus relaciones sociales y en sus procesos informativos y comunicativos. El estudio, que re…
El impacto de las fake news en la investigación en Ciencias Sociales. Revisión bibliográfica sistematizada
Las noticias falsas o fake news vienen ocupando un papel protagonista a nivel político, social, mediático y también, científico. En este trabajo se desarrolla una revisión sistematizada de los estudios realizados hasta la fecha sobre las noticias falsas, partiendo de las principales bases de datos (Web of Science, Dialnet Plus) y con el fin de verificar qué temas han atraído la atención de la comunidad científica al respecto, qué técnicas de inve…
Competencias transmedia en estudiantes de Periodismo: Producción y edición de contenidos informativos multimedia
El artículo se aproxima al uso que los jóvenes realizan de las herramientas multimedia cuando deciden comunicar profesionalmente un producto periodístico. El estudio está centrado en las nuevas plataformas digitales de contenido periodístico y examina los resultados de una investigación que indaga las competencias del “alfabetismo transmedia” en los estudiantes de Periodismo de la Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona (UAB) a lo largo de varios curso…
Educación en tiempos de pandemia: Reflexiones de alumnos y profesores sobre la enseñanza virtual universitaria en España, Italia y Ecuador
Introducción. Esta investigación realizó un estudio comparativo entre tres países muy impactados por el coronavirus a partir del análisis de las reflexiones de docentes y estudiantes sobre la enseñanza virtual universitaria durante la etapa de confinamiento. Metodología. El estudio, de carácter descriptivo, exploratorio y explicativo, aplicó encuestas, entre marzo y abril de 2020, a estudiantes y docentes de Periodismo, Comunicación y Educación d…
Native Media and Business Models: Comparative Study of 14 Successful Experiences in Latin America
From its onset on the 1990s, both digital native (with sister headings on the analog platform) as digital native news media have experienced a constant transformation process. The accelerated technological evolution linked to the changing information consumption habits of the users demanded a constant reinvention capability. Furthermore, the need for profit and the drop in advertisement sales have pushed the media to redefine their structure, con…
Análisis del modelo de ingresos en medios nativos digitales de carácter alternativo de España
Los roles profesionales, la tipología de contenidos y las rutinas de producción de los medios de comunicación se han visto transformadas en el ciberespacio. La emergencia de medios nativos digitales con una idiosincrasia alternativa, más allá de los cibermedios generalistas ya consolidados, ha planteado además una serie de retos que afectan especialmente a la rentabilidad de estos proyectos periodísticos. Partiendo de ello, la investigación anali…
Tracking Websites’ Digital Communication Strategies in Latin American Hospitals During the Covid-19 Pandemic
Since the advent of the Internet, websites have become the nerve center of the digital ecosystems of media, companies and all kinds of institutions. Currently, the impact of the global coronavirus pandemic has placed healthcare issues at the center of social debate, including hospitals and their websites as digital sources of trustworthy information. COVID-19 has intensified the need for quality information and the legitimacy of sources fighting …
Information on the Covid-19 Pandemic in Daily Newspapers’ Front Pages: Case Study of Spain and Italy
Spain and Italy are amongst the European countries where the COVID-19 pandemic has produced its major impact and where lockdown measures have been the harshest. This research aims at understanding how the corona crisis has been represented in Spanish and Italian media, focusing on reference newspapers. The study analyzes 72 front pages of El País and El Mundo in Spain and Italy's Corriere della Sera and La Repubblica, collecting 710 news items an…
Analysis of Effective Digital Communication in Travel Blog Business Models
The tourism industry has been affected dramatically by the appearance of the Web 2. This research aims to perform a clear and measurable evaluation of a varied sample of ten of these travel blogs and their application of the Web 2.0 attributes in order to present a potential set of guidelines to be applied by future blogs. The study is based on an in depth comparative analysis of various metrics related to the blogs’ profile, content, website per…
Analysis of Journalism and Communication Studies in Europe’s Top Ranked Universities: Competencies, Aims and Courses
This article presents the results of a descriptive study that analyzes 17 curricula in Communication and Journalism of the 8 best ranked universities in Europe in the field of Communication, according to the QS World University Rankings. The research, using both quantitative and qualitative methodology, analyzes the academic curricula focusing on 687 courses, studying the type of courses, credit and subjects and their distribution in the curricul…
Perception of journalists reporting in conflict zones: Labour situation, working conditions and main challenges in information coverage in contexts of violence
A total of 324 journalists have been killed in the world in the last decade. In Latin America and the Caribbean, the situation is alarming. Based on these statistics, this work presents an investigation with journalists from 10 countries. Based on in-depth interviews and the Delphi method, the study explores professionals’ perspectives about violence against journalists, pointing out the challenges for women, the role of independent media togethe…
Journalism that tells the future: Possibilities and journalistic scenarios for augmented reality
The Gartner Hype Cycle for Emerging Technologies highlights “augmented human technologies” as one of their emerging trends, while the Future Today Institute alludes to the potential of extended reality (digitally manipulated environments encompassing virtual and augmented reality) for the development of new applications with great informative value. Based on this, the current study brings together in-depth interviews with experts who analyze the …
Spanish journalists on Twitter: Diagnostic approach to what, and how Spanish journalists talk about politics, international affairs, society, communication and culture
Twitter has become a broad network of news and information. Journalists exploit the possibilities of this network to access information sources, to disseminate messages or participate in debates about current news. The objective of this investigation is to discover what Spanish journalists talk about on Twitter through a comparative study between journalists working in traditional media and in cyber media and determine if there is a difference be…
Augmented Reality and Journalism: 10 Use-Case Analysis From Television, Printing and Web Media Platforms
Augmented reality has inaugurated new developments that enable the creation of content of various kinds. Based on the case study methodology, the work analyzes 10 successful experiences of using augmented reality linked to television, the press and digital media. The investigation concludes that the use of augmented reality without a journalistic purpose can harm the media
"Framing "The Gypsy Problem: Populist Electoral Use of Romaphobia in Italy (2014-2019)
Xenophobic arguments have long been at the center of the political discourse of the Lega party in Italy, nonetheless Matteo Salvini, the new leader, capitalizing on diffused Romaphobia, placed Roma people at the center of his political discourse, institutionalizing the "Camp visit" as an electoral event. Through the analysis of eight consecutive electoral campaigns, in a six year period, mixing computer-based quantitative and qualitative content …
Actitudes populistas y percepciones de la opinión pública y los medios de comunicación: Estudio correlacional comparado entre España y Colombia
Introducción: El populismo ha experimentado un crecimiento preocupante en la última década en diferentes enclaves del planeta. Este proceso, de cariz globalizador, se ha visto potenciado por las características de inmendiatez, interacción y participación de las redes sociales, los cibermedios y otras plataformas digitales. En este contexto, la percepción que la juventud confiere a este tipo de fenómenos constituye un campo de estudio de gran inte…
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