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Correspondencias & análisis
Journalism and Propaganda in Peru. A complex relationship during election campaign
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10 April 2016 will be the presidential election in Peru. The media will cover the activities of the leading candidates and rummage in their resumes. In this process, the press will be tempted to use propaganda techniques, a category traditionally associated with political actors. [...]
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Correspondencias & análisis
Media consumption and political participation of young university students durign Mexican presidential election, 2018
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Several academic studies have confirmed that young university students are using social media to get information about what is happening with their communities. This article explores what are the levels of consumption of traditional media, as well as digital media of young Mexican [...]
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The main theoretical approaches related to the study of political communication, defined as the interaction between political parties, the media, and citizens, are analyzed. The theories are summarized into two main currents: first, those theories and approaches that emphasize political [...]- 6
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A sample design proposal for the analysis of Twitter in political communication
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Based on an analysis of several sampled political discussions on Twitter, a new methodology is proposed that allows researchers to obtain a significant, replicable, and manageable data sample from a universe of Twitter metadata. The proposal is a new model called Top discussion indicator [...]- 4
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Spectacularization strategies in the TV political talk shows. The case of the Barcelona local election campaign (2015)
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Political talk shows -called “tertulias” (media gatherings) in Spain- are a dialogical opinion genre without a clear codification. Their wide-ranging presence and large audiences in the Spanish media system are the reason for the central role of this type of programming in radio [...]- 2
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Political memes spread by Twitter users. Analysis of the 26J 2016 election day
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The popularity of memes in politics is analyzed; memes are a way in which users express their feelings, usually with humor and satire. The aim of this study is to examine the use of memes that were posted on Twitter on Spain’s election day, 26J 2016. The methodology used in this [...]- 31
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A sample design proposal for the analysis of Twitter in political communication
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Based on an analysis of several sampled political discussions on Twitter, a new methodology is proposed that allows researchers to obtain a significant, replicable, and manageable data sample from a universe of Twitter metadata. The proposal is a new model called Top discussion indicator [...]- 0
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This article presents an overview of research about of Twitter in the field of political communication and also analyzes the main theoretical trends. It explores the development of the scientific research into Twitter, initiated after its appearance in 2006, and considers three main [...]- 28
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Structure of the political tweets during the electoral campaigns of 2015 and 2016 in Spain
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Twitter has become one of the main media for spreading political messages. The structure of these messages, or tweets, is compounded by four elements –text, hashtags, mentions, and links- that can be used, organized, and repeated with the only limitation of 140 characters at most. [...]- 11
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