Abstract

Based on the existence of a social reality constructed by the media, we want to know which concepts, reviews and trends are on the media about public records, since the contents of the news shows us key characteristics of social knowledge about this public service. We selected the highest-rated media and we evaluated their information retrieval systems. This process led us to limit the scope to the digital version of high-circulation newspapers and narrow the search terms. We find that a positive treatment dominates most news about public archives, highlighting its role as a memory deposit that allows us to investigate the past, the public effort to preserve the service, and its role as reference point for cultural activities.