Editors versus audiences facing news: Is this discrepancy also repeated on social news networks?

This study examines whether the frequent discrepancy between publishers and audiences over the news that interests them – the former preferring hard news, the latter soft news – is repeated on social networks. Based on a sample of 8,000 news stories uploaded to a Spanish-language news aggregator ove...

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Autores: Urrutia Izaguirre, Santiago, Zalbidea Bengoa, Begoña, Camacho Markina, Idoia, Pastor González, José María
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2019
País:España
Institución:Universidad del País Vasco
Repositorio:Addi. Archivo Digital para la Docencia y la Investigación
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spelling Editors versus audiences facing news: Is this discrepancy also repeated on social news networks?Urrutia Izaguirre, SantiagoZalbidea Bengoa, BegoñaCamacho Markina, IdoiaPastor González, José Maríaaudienceseditorshard newssocial networkssoft newsusersThis study examines whether the frequent discrepancy between publishers and audiences over the news that interests them – the former preferring hard news, the latter soft news – is repeated on social networks. Based on a sample of 8,000 news stories uploaded to a Spanish-language news aggregator over 10 years (2006–2015), the number of hard, soft and general news stories published on its front page was calculated. In addition, the news stories that received the most votes, comments and visits were analysed, and correlations were sought among these three variables. The results show that users mainly chose hard news when voting (50.2%), followed by soft news (30.9%) and general news (18.9%). This was in sharp contrast to the results found for news consumption, where visitors access soft news much more than hard news. The investigation offers some clues about the extent to which the disparity of interests between journalists and readers facing news poses a real problem, and it also provides a new outlook on how editors can deal with audiences.Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad. CSO2014-59077-RSAGE Publications202420242019info:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10810/65286reponame:Addi. Archivo Digital para la Docencia y la Investigacióninstname:Universidad del País VascoIngléshttps://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/1464884919853740info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesshttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/es/© The Author(s) 2019.Atribución-NoComercial-SinDerivadas 3.0 Españaoai:addi.ehu.eus:10810/652862026-06-18T09:23:17Z
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title Editors versus audiences facing news: Is this discrepancy also repeated on social news networks?
spellingShingle Editors versus audiences facing news: Is this discrepancy also repeated on social news networks?
Urrutia Izaguirre, Santiago
audiences
editors
hard news
social networks
soft news
users
title_short Editors versus audiences facing news: Is this discrepancy also repeated on social news networks?
title_full Editors versus audiences facing news: Is this discrepancy also repeated on social news networks?
title_fullStr Editors versus audiences facing news: Is this discrepancy also repeated on social news networks?
title_full_unstemmed Editors versus audiences facing news: Is this discrepancy also repeated on social news networks?
title_sort Editors versus audiences facing news: Is this discrepancy also repeated on social news networks?
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Urrutia Izaguirre, Santiago
Zalbidea Bengoa, Begoña
Camacho Markina, Idoia
Pastor González, José María
author Urrutia Izaguirre, Santiago
author_facet Urrutia Izaguirre, Santiago
Zalbidea Bengoa, Begoña
Camacho Markina, Idoia
Pastor González, José María
author_role author
author2 Zalbidea Bengoa, Begoña
Camacho Markina, Idoia
Pastor González, José María
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author
author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv audiences
editors
hard news
social networks
soft news
users
topic audiences
editors
hard news
social networks
soft news
users
description This study examines whether the frequent discrepancy between publishers and audiences over the news that interests them – the former preferring hard news, the latter soft news – is repeated on social networks. Based on a sample of 8,000 news stories uploaded to a Spanish-language news aggregator over 10 years (2006–2015), the number of hard, soft and general news stories published on its front page was calculated. In addition, the news stories that received the most votes, comments and visits were analysed, and correlations were sought among these three variables. The results show that users mainly chose hard news when voting (50.2%), followed by soft news (30.9%) and general news (18.9%). This was in sharp contrast to the results found for news consumption, where visitors access soft news much more than hard news. The investigation offers some clues about the extent to which the disparity of interests between journalists and readers facing news poses a real problem, and it also provides a new outlook on how editors can deal with audiences.
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