Fernanda Tusa
Biographic Data
| ID | 885473 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Fernanda Tusa |
| GIVEN NAMES | Fernanda |
| FAMILY NAME | Tusa |
| SIGNATURE | TUSA F |
| AFFILIATIONS | Universidad Tecnica de Machala |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-1570-9579 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 25 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 10 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 25 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1970 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Impact of Artificial Intelligence on Creative Writing: Reconfiguring Authorship as a Socio-Technical Communication Process
This article examines artificial intelligence-assisted creative writing as a socio-technical communication process embedded in contemporary media ecosystems. Rather than treating generative AI exclusively as a literary innovation or as a philosophical challenge to romantic notions of authorship, the study situates AI writing within the interrelated domains of mediation, circulation, platform infrastructures, cultural industries and institutional …
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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 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
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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…
Periodismo en contextos de violencia, principales problemas y posibles vías de solución: Percepciones de periodistas latinoamericanos
Un total de 324 periodistas han sido asesinados en el mundo en la última década. Partiendo de ello, el trabajo presenta una investigación a partir de 26 periodistas con una trayectoria de más de 10 años en la cobertura de temas de violencia en diferentes países de la región latinoamericana. El objetivo es analizar la percepción de los periodistas latinoamericanos sobre el ejercicio de la profesión en contextos de conflicto. La propuesta metodológ…
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 …
La información de la pandemia de la Covid-19 en las portadas de los diarios. Estudio comparativo de Italia, Reino Unido, España, Francia, Portugal, Estados Unidos, Rusia y Alemania
La investigación presenta un estudio comparativo de las portadas de ocho países sobre la cobertura informativa de la pandemia en dos diarios impresos de Italia, Reino Unido, España, Francia, Portugal, Estados Unidos, Rusia y Alemania. Se analiza el número de noticias sobre la pandemia, el tipo de texto, la tipología de fuentes informativas, los personajes, el uso del color, la inclusión y enfoque de las fotografías o la ubicación en la página, en…
Principales motivaciones en el uso de redes sociales en estudiantes de Comunicación: Perspectiva comparada entre Colombia, Ecuador y España
This article presents original results of an investigation carried out in three countries (Colombia, Ecuador and Spain) with 300 Communication students who reflected on the importance, motivations and informative value of social networks. The research presents the results of the last quarter of 2019, and is part of a research project that analyzes the main trends in the use of young Ibero-Americans regarding social networks. The work concludes th…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Understanding EFL students' learning through classroom research: Experiences of teacher-researchers
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El Humanismo Global del siglo XXI a través del pensamiento de Ryszard Kapuscinski
El presente trabajo de investigación académica constituye un aporte desde la ciencia de la comunicación social a la formación ética del profesional del Comunicador Social, a partir de un estudio de autor, tomando como referencia al periodista bielorruso Ryszard Kapuscinski y su texto ’10 reflexiones sobre el periodismo’. En este espacio, intentamos una aproximación teórica al ‘concepto de humanismo ético del siglo XXI’ tantas veces mencionado por…
Trasmisión histórica de estereotipos en el sensacionalismo de élite. Eestudio de caso: ‘Las Mujeres más poderosas del Valle del Cauca, Colombia’
El presente trabajo académico realiza un estudio analítico de una imagen publicada en el año 2011 por la revista Hola bajo el título ‘Las mujeres más poderosas del Valle del Cauca (Colombia), en la formidable mansión hollywoodiense de Sonia Zarzur, en el Beverly Hills de Cali’. En ese sentido, la temática sensacionalista es recurrente bajo variables como: ‘discriminación’, ‘racismo’, ‘élite’ y ‘tradición’. Para ello, el presente trabajo hace uso …
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 …
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…
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…
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…
El Humanismo Global del siglo XXI a través del pensamiento de Ryszard Kapuscinski
El presente trabajo de investigación académica constituye un aporte desde la ciencia de la comunicación social a la formación ética del profesional del Comunicador Social, a partir de un estudio de autor, tomando como referencia al periodista bielorruso Ryszard Kapuscinski y su texto ’10 reflexiones sobre el periodismo’. En este espacio, intentamos una aproximación teórica al ‘concepto de humanismo ético del siglo XXI’ tantas veces mencionado por…
Trasmisión histórica de estereotipos en el sensacionalismo de élite. Eestudio de caso: ‘Las Mujeres más poderosas del Valle del Cauca, Colombia’
El presente trabajo académico realiza un estudio analítico de una imagen publicada en el año 2011 por la revista Hola bajo el título ‘Las mujeres más poderosas del Valle del Cauca (Colombia), en la formidable mansión hollywoodiense de Sonia Zarzur, en el Beverly Hills de Cali’. En ese sentido, la temática sensacionalista es recurrente bajo variables como: ‘discriminación’, ‘racismo’, ‘élite’ y ‘tradición’. Para ello, el presente trabajo hace uso …
El Humanismo Global del siglo XXI a través del pensamiento de Ryszard Kapuscinski
El presente trabajo de investigación académica constituye un aporte desde la ciencia de la comunicación social a la formación ética del profesional del Comunicador Social, a partir de un estudio de autor, tomando como referencia al periodista bielorruso Ryszard Kapuscinski y su texto ’10 reflexiones sobre el periodismo’. En este espacio, intentamos una aproximación teórica al ‘concepto de humanismo ético del siglo XXI’ tantas veces mencionado por…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Understanding EFL students' learning through classroom research: Experiences of teacher-researchers
What should foreign language teachers do to help their students improve their linguistic skills? Many are the ways how teachers can support their students ́ learning process. There are a variety of methods, strategies, techniques, as well as materials and resources we can rely on in order for our students to succeed in the development of their skills. Teachers can get ideas on what to do from published research, presentations at academic events, …
La información de la pandemia de la Covid-19 en las portadas de los diarios. Estudio comparativo de Italia, Reino Unido, España, Francia, Portugal, Estados Unidos, Rusia y Alemania
La investigación presenta un estudio comparativo de las portadas de ocho países sobre la cobertura informativa de la pandemia en dos diarios impresos de Italia, Reino Unido, España, Francia, Portugal, Estados Unidos, Rusia y Alemania. Se analiza el número de noticias sobre la pandemia, el tipo de texto, la tipología de fuentes informativas, los personajes, el uso del color, la inclusión y enfoque de las fotografías o la ubicación en la página, en…
Principales motivaciones en el uso de redes sociales en estudiantes de Comunicación: Perspectiva comparada entre Colombia, Ecuador y España
This article presents original results of an investigation carried out in three countries (Colombia, Ecuador and Spain) with 300 Communication students who reflected on the importance, motivations and informative value of social networks. The research presents the results of the last quarter of 2019, and is part of a research project that analyzes the main trends in the use of young Ibero-Americans regarding social networks. The work concludes th…
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…
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…
Periodismo en contextos de violencia, principales problemas y posibles vías de solución: Percepciones de periodistas latinoamericanos
Un total de 324 periodistas han sido asesinados en el mundo en la última década. Partiendo de ello, el trabajo presenta una investigación a partir de 26 periodistas con una trayectoria de más de 10 años en la cobertura de temas de violencia en diferentes países de la región latinoamericana. El objetivo es analizar la percepción de los periodistas latinoamericanos sobre el ejercicio de la profesión en contextos de conflicto. La propuesta metodológ…
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 …
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…
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 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 …
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…
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…
Impact of Artificial Intelligence on Creative Writing: Reconfiguring Authorship as a Socio-Technical Communication Process
This article examines artificial intelligence-assisted creative writing as a socio-technical communication process embedded in contemporary media ecosystems. Rather than treating generative AI exclusively as a literary innovation or as a philosophical challenge to romantic notions of authorship, the study situates AI writing within the interrelated domains of mediation, circulation, platform infrastructures, cultural industries and institutional …
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…
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…
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