The influence of Twitter on the productive routines of sports journalists in Spain
- Fernando Olabe Sánchez Instituto Mediterráneo de Estudios de Protocolo IMEP, centro adscrito a la Universidad Miguel Hernández de Elche https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0850-4903
Abstract
The article shows how the twitter profile of football clubs in Spain conditions the work of sports journalists and affects their productive routines. For this, a quantitative and qualitative methodology has been used, based on surveys and interviews with Spanish sports journalists. The results indicate the integration of twitter as an informative reference for journalists, although it is noted that this strategy of the clubs is focused on a greater informative control of their messages, for which reason the journalists claim that it must be complemented with other sources of information, to develop its traditional gatekeeper role.
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Licenciado en Periodismo por la Universidad de Navarra, con un posgrado en el Máster Universitario de Comunicación y Branding Digital de la Universidad CEU Cardenal Herrera y doctor en Comunicación por la Universidad Miguel Hernández de Elche, es periodista, asesor de Comunicación y docente en la Universidad Miguel Hernández de Elche, donde imparte la asignatura de Comunicación Corporativa y en el Instituto Mediterráneo de Estudios de Protocolo IMEP, donde es el responsable de Investigación. Ha trabajado como periodista en la Cadena COPE, en los diarios ABC y El Mundo y ha sido responsable de Comunicación del Colegio Oficial de Farmacéuticos, del Elche CF, además de ejercer como asesor de Comunicación en diferentes empresas e instituciones en España.
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