A Study on Homogeneity between Editorials and News Sources Opinions in the Chilean Reference Press

Journalism is expected to nourish democracy through the contribution of publicly relevant contents. The ability of the citizens to discuss socially significant matters depends on the availability of ideas, opinions and factual background data that contributes to knowing and making sense of the conti...

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Autores principales:	Gronemeyer,María Elena, Porath,William
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. Facultad de Comunicaciones 2015
Materias:	Reference press Chile homogeneity ownership concentration
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description	Journalism is expected to nourish democracy through the contribution of publicly relevant contents. The ability of the citizens to discuss socially significant matters depends on the availability of ideas, opinions and factual background data that contributes to knowing and making sense of the contingency from the most varied perspectives possible. Considering that the concentration of the press ownership in Chile is said to be emblematic, the objective of this paper is to systematically analyze Chilean reference newspapers to establish whether El Mercurio SAP and Copesa SA companies are a duopoly that attempts against the aim of democratic journalism. Methodologically, this is a comparative content analysis of stances taken in editorials and news stories in five newspapers to establish if these media tend to select news sources that coincide with their points of view. It reveals that the hypothesis of intra-media homogeneity cannot be sustained overall or systematically in Chile. However, the media analyzed tends towards a similar behavior in terms of intra-media homogeneity, as Chilean newspapers tend to behave in a similar way.
author	Gronemeyer,María Elena Porath,William
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title	A Study on Homogeneity between Editorials and News Sources Opinions in the Chilean Reference Press
title_short	A Study on Homogeneity between Editorials and News Sources Opinions in the Chilean Reference Press
title_full	A Study on Homogeneity between Editorials and News Sources Opinions in the Chilean Reference Press
title_fullStr	A Study on Homogeneity between Editorials and News Sources Opinions in the Chilean Reference Press
title_full_unstemmed	A Study on Homogeneity between Editorials and News Sources Opinions in the Chilean Reference Press
title_sort	study on homogeneity between editorials and news sources opinions in the chilean reference press
publisher	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. Facultad de Comunicaciones
publishDate	2015
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A Study on Homogeneity between Editorials and News Sources Opinions in the Chilean Reference Press

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