The news value in a context of conflict. Pragmatic analysis of their operation in the information about drugs trade in Mexico and femicide in Ciudad Juárez
Keywords:
newsworthiness, conflict, journalism.
Abstract
This article ponders over the use of the traditional news value in a very specific situation of conflict: the information about the femicide in Ciudad Juárez and the drugs trade in México. Therefore, the three media in the whole country with the biggest coverage of both subjects since 1976 till nowadays have been studied through a methodological triangular structure (bibliographie sources, interviews and content analysis). Along this research it is noticed the importance of the informative context in the news production and it is ascertained a dislocation using the traditional news value therewithal are revealed six newsworthiness factors the enable the visibility of a great amount of specific aspects about the femicide in Ciudad Juárez and about the drugs trade all around the country, that are concealed by the main mexican generalistic media.Downloads
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Published
2012-12-12
How to Cite
Garcia Orosa B. y Gallur Santorum S. (2012). The news value in a context of conflict. Pragmatic analysis of their operation in the information about drugs trade in Mexico and femicide in Ciudad Juárez. Estudios sobre el Mensaje Periodístico, 18(2), 491-511. https://doi.org/10.5209/rev_ESMP.2012.v18.n2.41021
Section
Monográfico
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