The development of Colombian online newspapers

Authors

  • Elí­as Said-Hung El profesional de la información
  • Carlos Arcila-Calderón
  • Jorge Méndez-Barraza

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3145/epi.2011.ene.06

Keywords:

Online newspapers, Online media, Cyber journalism, Mass communication, Web 2.0, Colombia.

Abstract

In this study we analyse 38 online newspapers in Colombia, with the goal of determining the level of development of cybermedia in this country, taking special account of the incorporation of Web 2.0 tools. This work is part of a bigger project, "Cybermedia in Colombia and Latin America", which is being coordinated by the Universidad del Norte (Colombia), with the recent support of the Universidad de los Andes (Venezuela). For the empirical research, we applied the model proposed by Rodrí­guez-Martí­nez, Codina y Pedraza-Jiménez (2010), with the further objective of building an indicator to measure the development of Colombian online newspapers. The results show that these digital media have low levels of accessibility, visibility and popularity, and therefore low use of tools for interaction, in-depth exploration and personalization of contents. The study concludes with a quality ranking of cybermedia in Colombia.

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Published

2011-07-18

How to Cite

Said-Hung, E., Arcila-Calderón, C., & Méndez-Barraza, J. (2011). The development of Colombian online newspapers. Profesional De La información, 20(1), 47–53. https://doi.org/10.3145/epi.2011.ene.06

Issue

Vol. 20 No. 1 (2011): Sociologí­a y psicologí­a de la información

Section

Research articles

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