Danger in the air: media coverage of "Granma" newspaper to air accidents in Cuba
Abstract
Since 1960, Cuba has experienced close to a dozen air accidents with a considerable number of victims. This type of events brings material and psychological consequences, before which immediate attitudes must be taken. This study examines the media coverage made by the Cuban newspaper Granma to 4 air accidents that have happened in the last 28 years in the country. Being the first to analyze the influence of this type of events in a Cuban national environment, it provides a scheme of operation of the fact based on the quantitative and qualitative evaluation of the journalistic coverage carried out in each case.
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