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*** As for genres, we propose one summarized by Prof. Javier Díaz Noci and Prof.
Ramón Salaverría (Palacios; Díaz Noci, 2008: 179 apud Díaz Noci; Salaverría Aliaga,
2003).
Genres
Informative
Interpretative
Dialogic
Opinion
Characteristics
News
Report / Chronicle
Interview / Forum / Debate
Traditional: Editorial, Comment, Review,
Letter to the Editor, Article, Column,
Vignette
Network discussions: Forums, Debates
Digital infographics
Individual and collective infographics
Table proposed wants to be a basic skeleton on which researcher would be able to
base a simple and appropriate structure for content analysis. Therefore, categories
are open to be completed with new ideas or features considered relevant. We are
working on new methodologies, journalistic routines and communication paradigms
so it makes no sense to hold on, now, at a close method. Our main aim was to build a
testing guide which would dismember and describe principal characteristics of
academic disciplines related. To end with, we would be able to consider its adaptation
to such principles.
While we were completing the first tests, we realized about the convenience of adding
a brief description of the elements in some of the categories. For example, we might
include an explanation of the body text composition when consisted of different
elements so we would be able to explain its hierarchy.
Main Results
To carry on with our test study, we have selected five Spanish and three American
media according to Alexa’s ranking of more visited news sites in Spain and
worldwide. Then, chosen ones were Elmundo.es (11 th ), Elpais.com (12 th ), Rtve.es
(41 st ), Europapress.es (79 th ), Cadenaser.com (242 nd ), Lainformacion.com (209 th )
instead of Libertaddigital.com (104 th ), Bbc.co.uk (2 nd ), Cnn.com (3 rd ) and Nytimes.com
(4 th ). We analyzed a news every day in all media from 25 th April until 2 nd May of 2011.
Along this week of analysis we would have been able to test the tab and realized
about its grade of suitability.
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