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Information Quality in Latin American Digital Native Media: Analysis Based on Structured Dimensions and Indicators
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Abstract The current communicative ecosystem has profoundly transformed journalistic work and the media, generating with great eagerness the emergence of digital native media that do not follow the logic of their conventional peers. Although the advent of these media is not entirely negative, as they create ... view more
The current communicative ecosystem has profoundly transformed journalistic work and the media, generating with great eagerness the emergence of digital native media that do not follow the logic of their conventional peers. Although the advent of these media is not entirely negative, as they create multiple voices that contribute to pluralism, their quality has undoubtedly been questioned on several academic fronts. This work analyzes the most important Latin American digital native media by number of accesses (traffic), using a taxonomy of evaluation of dimensions of the informative quality, in which aspects such as informative sources, uses of international news agencies, correction of contents and factuality levels, ideological plurality in their opinion contents, among others, are taken into consideration. Of the emerging results, the ‘use of statistical indicators’ was the least rated (32.5%), mainly due to a lack of data journalism in the media studied. It is also worth noting that the indicator ‘comments and monitoring’ obtained the second-lowest rating, indicating an absence of conversation between the media and its audience through the comments section of each content.... view less
Classification
Interactive, electronic Media
Communicator Research, Journalism
Free Keywords
Latin America; digital media; fake news; information quality; journalism
Document language
English
Publication Year
2020
Page/Pages
p. 135-145
Journal
Media and Communication, 8 (2020) 2
Issue topic
Digital Native News Media: Trends and Challenges
ISSN
2183-2439
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed