The use of sources as an estrategy of news production in a gender news agency: The case of CIMAC
- Santiago Gallur Santorum Universidad Autónoma de Ciudad Juárez
- Berta García Orosa Universidad de Santiago de Compostela
Abstract
This article analyzes the news making strategy developed by a mexican gender news agency, CIMAC. The main aim is to study the sources selection process based on the gender of the source. To get that, have been analyzed all the news published by the news agency CIMAC in its website between 1999 and 2015 about the femicide of Ciudad Juárez, using a cuantitative method of content analysis. Thus, have been studied using a content analysis sheet 2712 sources used in 1284 news, having into account its official level and gender. The results shows that the less official level of the source, the more pressence of women. The gender has become a key factor in the source selection.
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