Read the citizens’ letters between the lines. Analysis of correspondence sections in five Cuban newspapers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5209/esmp.76052
Keywords: correspondence sections, cuban media, complaints, responses, citizenship

Abstract

Citizen correspondence sections (letters from readers) constitute a singular element in the communication arsenal of the press media. This research quantitatively analyzes the content of these exchange spaces with recipients in five Cuban newspapers —Granma, Juventud Rebelde, Trabajadores, Guerrillero, and Mayabeque— during the second semester of 2018. For this, said content was divided into two categories: complaints from citizenship and responses from institutions, of which a set of eleven indicators / variables were examined. The results show interesting aspects of the link between the population and public institutions on the Island, a context in which officially recognized communication is controlled in its entirety by the Communist Party of Cuba [PCC], the only legal one since 1965.

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Jesús Arencibia Lorenzo, Universidad de Concepción

Profesor, investigador y periodista. Licenciado en Periodismo y Máster en Ciencias de la Comunicación. Diplomado en Humanismo y Sociedad. Ha sido docente de la Universidad de La Habana (2006-2018) y de la Universidad de Pinar del Río Hermanos Saíz Montes de Oca (2018-2021). Autor de los volúmenes: A la vuelta de la esquina (Crónicas, Ediciones Loynaz, 2018) y La culpa es del que no enamora. Claves de Periodismo y Comunicación desde América Latina (Entrevistas, Ocean Sur, 2019). Ha recibido más de una docena de premios periodísticos y literarios en concursos cubanos. Columnista y reportero de varios medios de prensa. Actualmente cursa un doctorado en Literatura Latinoamericana en la Universidad de Concepción, Chile.

José Manuel Pérez González, Universidad de La Habana

Profesor, investigador y periodista. Licenciado en Periodismo. Diplomado en Categorías de las Ciencias Políticas. Se desempeña como profesor de la Universidad de La Habana desde 2018. Es editor jefe de la revista cubana de análisis político La Joven Cuba. Ha sido columnista y reportero de varios medios de prensa.

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Published
2022-02-04
How to Cite
Arencibia Lorenzo J. y Pérez González J. M. (2022). Read the citizens’ letters between the lines. Analysis of correspondence sections in five Cuban newspapers. Estudios sobre el Mensaje Periodístico, 28(1), 1-11. https://doi.org/10.5209/esmp.76052
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Vol. 28 No. 1 (2022)
Section
Research and Documents

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