Journalistic models, and the use of actors and sources in post-dictatorship Chilean news coverage of social affairs (1990-2010)

Through a crosslongitudinal news content analysis (N= 2,431) of social affairs coverage by the national press in Chile between 1990 and 2010, this article characterizes the use of sources and actors, as well as the presence of the “infotainment” and “civic” journalistic models. The results show sign...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores: Mellado, Claudia, Cabello, Patricio, Torres, Rodrigo
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2016
País:México
Institución:UNIVERSIDAD DE GUADALAJARA
Repositorio:Comunicación y Sociedad
Idioma:español
OAI Identifier:oai:comunicacionysociedad.cucsh.udg.mx:article/5408
Acceso en línea:https://www.comunicacionysociedad.cucsh.udg.mx/index.php/comsoc/article/view/5408
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Sources
actors
journalistic models
news
journalism
Fuentes
actores
modelos periodísticos
noticias
periodismo
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Sumario:Through a crosslongitudinal news content analysis (N= 2,431) of social affairs coverage by the national press in Chile between 1990 and 2010, this article characterizes the use of sources and actors, as well as the presence of the “infotainment” and “civic” journalistic models. The results show significant differences in the use of actores and sources, as well as an important evolution in the presence of both the “civic” and the “ infotainment” modelo of journalism in social affairs news coverage.