Publication

Emergence of rebellious digital press in Chile: Divergence, engagement and impact. Journal of Communication

A new publication on changes in the relationship between news and their public in Chile

Author

Tomás Dodds

Date

01 September 2017

Links

Media Watch Journal

This paper examines the divergence and impact of Chilean news media and their uses of Facebook as a tool to deliver news and information and engagement with their audience. It also looks at the emergence of new digital media organisations during the last decade in Chile as a response to a concentrated duopoly market in the country. To do so, this paper considers notions of technological and cultural innovation in the newsroom and the concept of media convergence form a technological point of view to explain the current situation of media and journalists' habitus. Following Pavlik's idea that "journalism has always been shaped by technology" (2000, p. 229), this article discusses that both new and old media had been influenced by the current state of the technology, and today they have to standardise their practices in order to maintain a fluent communication between the audiences and the news industry. Therefore, this article supposes that the convergence of digital practices does not only affect journalism as a profession but also present a challenge to transform the way journalism is practice and the way news worker do their jobs. A case study of Chilean media organizations is used to illustrate the change in the relationship between news and their public.