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- Item10 Years of Digital Journalism (Studies): The Past, the Present, the Future(ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD, 2023) Westlund, Oscar; Hess, Kristy; Saldana, Magdalena; Tandoc, Edson C.The Digital Journalism editorial team is thrilled to introduce this 10th anniversary special issue. At the beginning of 2022, we invited our international editorial board to contribute to this important collection, which aims to explore the diverse and multi-disciplinary nature of digital journalism studies. We called for contributions that consider the "big picture" of the field and look at the past and the present of digital journalism studies. We also invited articles focusing on digital journalism studies for the future, considering trends, concepts, theories, methodologies, and key issues that will shape research in the decades ahead. This special issue features six articles, advancing systematic empirical assessments of developments in the field, as well as critical discussions around the developments and politics of digital journalism studies.
- ItemDigital Journalism: The Journal and the Path that Brought us Here(ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD, 2023) Westlund, Oscar; Hess, Kristy; Saldana, Magdalena; Tandoc Jr, Edson
- ItemFraming school choice and merit: news media coverage of an education policy in Chile(ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD, 2023) Cabalin, Cristian; Saldana, Magdalena; Fernandez, Maria BeatrizSchool choice is a controversial issue in the public discussion of education. In Chile, the new School Admission System (SAE) was recently implemented to gradually reverse the country's high educational segregation. However, this system is facing strong opposition. Voucher and free choice promoters have opposed SAE because they claim it violates the freedom of families and merit. The media have actively participated in this debate, working as political actors. By applying a quantitative content analysis and a qualitative thematic analysis, we study how Chilean media have framed school choice, and discuss the political contention faced by policies that attempt to reverse the primacy of the market in a global context of neoliberal education policies.
- ItemI Don't Want You to Be My President! Incivility and Media Bias During the Presidential Election in Chile(SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD, 2020) Saldana, Magdalena; Rosenberg, AndresThis study observes two relevant issues in today's media ecosystem: incivility in online news comments and media bias during election periods. By analyzing 84 stories and 4670 comments published during the 2017 presidential election in Chile, we observed the extent to which news commenters addressed political figures using uncivil discourse, and the extent to which incivility and media bias were related in comments discussing the election. Results indicate incivility in comment sections of Chilean news outlets is higher than that found in the Global North, and the levels of uncivil speech are even higher when the conversation mentions female politicians, especially former president Michelle Bachelet. We also found a relationship between media bias and user bias-stories positively biased toward current president Sebastian Pinera were associated with more positive comments about him. Implications and future research are discussed.
- ItemRadiography of a myth: the social representation of gamers put to test in Chile(UNIV CHILE, 2023) Jaramillo, Marco; Saldana, MagdalenaGamers are usually portrayed in the media and in cultural products as young boys or young men with limited social life, no engagement in community ac-tivities, sedentary habits, and low interest in work or studies. But, to what extent do these stereotyped representations have empirical support? By relying on data from the National Survey on Time Use con-ducted in Chile in 2015, and drawing upon the theo-retical perspective of social representation, this study tests the relationship between videogame use and the alleged lack of interest in social, work, community, and recreational activities. Findings in-dicate that, although young men are more likely to be gamers, there is no relationship between playing videogames and being satisfied with one's personal life or participating in work, social, community, or political activities. Likewise, findings suggest that those who play videogames also do sports, which debunks multiple myths about videogame players. We discuss how these results challenge stereoty-ped representations found in the literature, and how this study's findings differ from those obtained by studies in the Global North.
- Item"What a Nasty Girl!" Incivility and gendered symbolic violence in news discussions(ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD, 2022) Proust, Valentina; Saldana, MagdalenaThis study examines conversations developed in the virtual public sphere to identify if a user's gender affects the presence of incivility in news comment sections. By relying on a mixed-method analysis of 1,961 news comments published on a Chilean news website, we observed the extent to which uncivil speech and gendered symbolic violence traits are used to reinforce stereotypes against women. Our results show men are more likely to post uncivil comments, while women use fewer profanities, insulting language, and stereotypes. One of our most intriguing findings is that men tend to receive more uncivil replies that women, mostly because they are more likely to initiate uncivil conversations, which in turn triggers uncivil replies and increases the odds of uncivil comment threads. As such, news outlets looking for enhancing healthy discussions should encourage greater participation of female users in their comment sections. We also identified the presence of hegemonic masculinity discourses referring to women and their gender roles in society. These findings reveal that comment sections mirror a social hierarchy in which men have a position of power that allows them to be more uncivil. Consequently, the virtual public sphere replicates the dominant-subordinate relationships described by previous research.
- ItemWho is to Blame? Analysis of Government and News Media Frames During the 2014 Earthquake in Chile(Routledge Journals, Taylor & Francis LTD, 2021) Saldana, MagdalenaThis study relies on Entman's definition of frames and framing functions to analyze how the Chilean government and news media framed a natural disaster occurring in Chile in 2014. Using structural topic modeling, 705 news stories and 174 official press releases were analyzed to identify under which conditions the media may attribute blame when natural disasters are framed beyond the realm of an accident. Findings indicate the government portrayed its own performance as a successful one where all actors did their job to minimize disaster consequences. Yet, the media narrative did not reflect the government's efficiency frame, portraying the official response as a result of lessons learned from a previous disaster. Taken together, the results suggest that when the media align with a particular political side, disaster characteristics are not the main issue to report on. This study departs from a description of journalistic practices in time of disasters towards a more complex view of the relationship between government and the press when it comes to disaster coverage.
- ItemYou Are Fake News! Factors Impacting Journalists' Debunking Behaviors on Social Media(ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD, 2021) Saldana, Magdalena; Vu, Hong TienNowadays, misinformation and hoaxes travel faster than they did in the past, mostly thanks to the emergence of digital platforms and the popularization of social networking sites. Scholars have found that journalists have turned social media platforms into essential components of their professional operations. However, the extent to which journalists engage in debunking misinformation on sodas media is still unclear. By conducting a U.S. Nationally representative survey with more than 400 journalists, this study delves into journalists' perceptions of false information, social media use, and debunking actions to expose misleading content in online contexts. Our findings indicate low levels of debunking, although we found factors associated with journalists either confronting or reporting misinformation. On the one hand, journalists who use social media platforms to develop their brands and engage directly with their audiences are more likely to publicly confront misinformation. On the other hand, journalists who believe social media companies should be held accountable for the spread of fake news do not engage directly in confronting false information, but do report it when they encounter it. Taken together, our findings suggest the journalist-audience relationship plays a central role to understand debunking behaviors in online spaces.