Journalistic use of Twitter by the accounts of El Mundo and El País newspapers

Authors

  • Juliana Colussi Ribeiro Universidad Complutense de Madrid
  • Fátima Martínez Gutiérrez Pesquisadora visitante da Universidade do Texas.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.4013/fem.2013.151.04

Abstract

This study discusses the use of Twitter by the two newspapers with the greatest impact in Spain: El Mundo and El País. Its objectiveis to analyze the kinds of accounts that the two daily newspaper maintain on the microblogging platform. Its results reveal that El País publishes a larger number of tweets per day by using an automatic update, whereas El Mundo focuses on sending fewer messagesand prioritizing user interaction.

Key words: Twitter, participatory journalism, El Mundo, El País.

Author Biographies

Juliana Colussi Ribeiro, Universidad Complutense de Madrid

Doutoranda em Jornalismo, com pesquisa vinculada ao Departamento de Periodismo II, da Universidad Complutense de Madrid. Pesquisa sobre jornalismo digital, blogs e redes sociais.

Fátima Martínez Gutiérrez, Pesquisadora visitante da Universidade do Texas.

Atualmente é pesquisadora visitante da Universidade do Texas, em Austin. Doutoranda em Jornalismo pela Universidad Complutense de Madrid e professora da Universidad San Pablo CEU en Madrid.

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Published

2012-10-10

Issue

Vol. 15 No. 1 (2013): January/April

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