Rhetoric at the service of users: analysis of reader comments of Elpaí­s.com, Abc.es and Lavanguardia. es

Authors

  • Lluí­s Pastor El profesional de la información
  • Silvia Martí­nez-Martí­nez

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3145/epi.2013.mar.03

Keywords:

Rhetoric, Participation, Comments, Digital newspapers, Online journalism, Spain.

Abstract

The use of rhetoric as the "art of persuasion" in discourse (Eco, 1974) has been the subject of reflection and study. As applied to informative communication, Gomis (1994) shows how journalism develops and operates its own rhetoric. With the arrival of the Internet and specifically with the opening of public communication to the average citizen, the use of participation as a rhetorical resource gains prominence and at the same time users add the rhetorical uses to their contributions. This article focuses on user comments in the front page of ElPaí­s.com, Abc.es and Lavanguardia.es with two objectives: to detect patterns of participation (in reference to the volume and to the presence of popular topics that generate a greater number of contributions) and to observe the rhetorical uses that are included in the comments of the readers to determine the predominant kind of participation.

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Published

2013-03-21

How to Cite

Pastor, L., & Martí­nez-Martí­nez, S. (2013). Rhetoric at the service of users: analysis of reader comments of Elpaí­s.com, Abc.es and Lavanguardia. es. Profesional De La información, 22(2), 113–121. https://doi.org/10.3145/epi.2013.mar.03

Issue

Vol. 22 No. 2 (2013): Educación y biblioteca

Section

Research articles

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