Measuring quality in online journalism: A proposal for digital methodological tools

Authors

  • Gonzalo Prudkin Universidade Federal de Santa Maria
  • José Antonio Meira da Rocha Professor Assistente do Departamento de Ciências da Comunicação (DECOM) da Universidade Federal de Santa Maria (UFSM), Campus Frederico Westphalen, RS, Brasil. Mestre em Ciências da Comunicação pela Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos (UNISINOS). Pesquisador do Grupo de Pesquisa Convergência e Jornalismo (ConJor).

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.4013/ver.2014.28.67.05

Abstract

This study highlights the methodological problems and their solutions in the analysis of qualitative research The genesis: history and present of digital journalism in the state of Rio Grande do Sul are described assumptions and methodological tools used free software - MySQL database, LibreOffice office suite - with details about the formulas used to calculate automatic qualitative level of newspaper sites on the Web, from quantitative data.

Keywords: online journalism, scientific methodology, qualitative analysis.

Author Biographies

Gonzalo Prudkin, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria

José Antonio Meira da Rocha, Professor Assistente do Departamento de Ciências da Comunicação (DECOM) da Universidade Federal de Santa Maria (UFSM), Campus Frederico Westphalen, RS, Brasil. Mestre em Ciências da Comunicação pela Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos (UNISINOS). Pesquisador do Grupo de Pesquisa Convergência e Jornalismo (ConJor).

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Published

2014-01-21

Issue

Vol. 28 No. 67: Year XXVIII - 2014/1

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