Correspondencias & análisis
The validity of the classical patterns of coverage of natural disasters in the Internet Age
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This article presents the results of a comparative analysis of the Press coverage of natural disasters in the world by Spanish newspapers during the years 2009 and 2010 and some prominent indicators of social interest in the Internet. The main goals of this exploratory research [...]
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Comunicar. Media Education Research Journal
Google or Gutenberg Generation: Chilean university students’ reading habits and reading purposes
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It has always been in the public interest to know the reading habits of readers of various ages and levels of schooling, as well as their opinions with regard to the consumption of reading materials. Lately, researchers have given increased attention to digital texts. Although [...]
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Some considerations We offer some thoughts about the apparent current climate of opinion and criticism against Google, which in the author’s opinion is not based on substantiated facts or analysis, but on perceptions, not necessarily based on any rationale. According to the author, [...]- 2
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The changes introduced in the Google algorithms in recent years have led to an apparent loss of relevance of SEO (search engine optimization) as a field of study and practice. The characteristics of the old and the new SEO are examined, arriving at the conclusion that SEO remains [...]- 2
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A radiography of the state of digital media between 2015 to 2017 is presented. The main points discussed are: the media against technological platforms as Facebook and Google, the rise of the mobile reading of news and the problem of fake news.- 2
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Anuario ThinkEPI
Rebelling against relevance: how to find what we want and not what Google thinks we want
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Google is a tool for retrieving high-value information, but its growing adaptation of search results to commercial criteria, based on an alleged adaptation to user preferences of the links offered, presents some problems. Now it is neccessary to filter the information, to use operators [...]- 0
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Mobility is the driving force of a radical transformation of society and of our lives, and the emergence of smartphones and tablets has been a turning point. This transformation is mainly articulated around five technological ecosystems, each composed of an operating system, social [...]- 3
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In 2010 technology trends became popular that were as diverse and innovative as net neutrality, internet television, video on demand, mobile commerce (due to the increase of the smartphone market), new algorithms that try to compete with Google, content spam, augmented reality, progress [...]- 2
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This radiography of the state of digital media in 2009 pays special attention to the situation in Spain and references to the international situation. The main points are: the crisis of the media, major ups (La información.com and Factual) and downs (Adn.es and Soitu.es), the return [...]- 1
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Anuario ThinkEPI
Europeana, digital libraries and repositories. Can they compete with Google as document-based search tools?
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In relation to the beginning of Europeana, the need to reflect on the information retrieval systems that are being implemented in this type of resources is considered. Frequently, digital repositories, libraries and harvesters are not applying retrieval systems that can compete with [...]- 1
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