Ángel Torres-Toukoumidis

Dimensiones e indicadores de la calidad informativa en los medios digitales

El actual ecosistema informativo, atravesado por una logica de mediamorfosis, esta generando con avidez el surgimiento de medios digitales y portales informativos que no siguen los procedimientos editoriales formales de los medios convencionales. La crisis de los medios de comunicacion tradicionales ha cambiado tambien nuestra forma de informarnos. Sin embargo, la calidad informativa sigue siendo un factor de discusion al no existir unidad de criterios para su analisis. En este sentido surge la pregunta ?Como evaluar y valorar la calidad informativa de los medios digitales? Este trabajo contribuye a buscar convergencias entre academicos y profesionales de la comunicacion sobre las areas y dimensiones de la calidad informativa de los medios digitales en funcion de valores objetivos o cuantificables. Para ello se ha realizado una taxonomia de dimensiones de la calidad informativa a partir de la revision de la literatura cientifica, para posteriormente someterlo a la evaluacion y validacion por juicio de 40 expertos, academicos y profesionales de la comunicacion, para verificar su fiabilidad. Como resultado, quedaron validadas tres macroareas de la calidad informativa, contentivas en 21 ambitos que consideran intrinsecamente un total de 75 dimensiones. Esta investigacion propone finalmente un modelo estructurado que permitira analizar la calidad informativa de los medios digitales, tanto en su fase pre-informativa, catalogadas en el medio-empresa, las caracteristicas sociolaborales de los trabajadores del medio, asi como el producto final y el contenido informativo.The current information ecosystem, crossed by a logic mediamorphosis, is increasingly generating the emergence of digital media and information portals that do not follow the formal publishing procedures of conventional media. The crisis of traditional media has also changed the way we become informed. However, information quality remains a factor for discussion in the absence of unified criteria for analysis. In this regard, the question arises: how do we evaluate and assess the quality of information in digital media? This study aims to seek agreement between academics and media professionals on the areas and dimensions of information quality of digital media according to objective or quantifiable values. For this, a taxonomy of the dimensions related to information quality was created, based on the review of scientific literature and further evaluated and validated by 40 experts, including scholars and media professionals alike, who focused on verifying the classification´s reliability. As a result, three macro areas of information quality, containing 21 areas, inherently comprised of a total of 75 dimensions, were validated. Lastly, this study proposes a structured model that will allow for the analysis of information quality of digital media, both in its pre-information phase catalogued in the media-business and on the media-workers’ socio-occupational characteristics, as well as its final product and informational content.

Modelo procedimental de la evaluación de las políticas públicas a través de la ludificación

Este articulo tiene por objeto proponer un modelo procedimental disenado para optimizar la experiencia de la ciudadania en la toma de decisiones de las politicas publicas a traves de la ludificacion. Se parte de la consideracion que la ludificacion promueve la motivacion hacia una actividad prolongando su participacion dentro de un ambito especifico. En este caso, se encamina su aplicacion para motivar la integracion de los ciudadanos en la toma de decisiones. Para ello se contrastan tres modelos de evaluacion de politicas publicas que incorporan la participacion civil en tres roles diferentes: auditor, pasivo y activo. Al aplicar la metodologia Delphi, los resultados de fiabilidad y consistencia interna demuestran que el modelo de participacion activa tiene mayor valoracion por parte de los expertos respecto a la ludificacion, Como conclusion, el modelo generado abre una nueva area de conocimiento dentro de la evaluacion de politicas publicas imbuida en la interactividad del contexto mediatico.This article proposes a procedural model designed to optimize the experience of citizens in decision making of public policies through gamification. The study assumes that gamification is motivating and contributes to increase involvement within a specific area. In this case, gamification is used to encourage citizens’ engagement in decision-making, based on three models of public policies evaluation that incorporate civic participation in three different roles: auditor, passive and active. Applying the Delphi methodology, the results of reliability and internal consistency show that experts attribute higher value to the model of active participation using gamification. In conclusion, the model designed opens a new area of knowledge within public policies evaluation, embedded in the interactivity of the media context

Construcción del discurso bélico desde las agencias internacionales de noticias: Estudio de Caso Atentados del 13 de noviembre de 2015

This study analyzes warmongering rhetoric presented by international agencies Reuters, Al Arabiya, Al Jazeera and Associated Press (AP) of the information related to the terrorist attacks in Paris on November 13th, 2015 for 15 days after the event. We have started from a quantitative and qualitative analysis of 550 information units using the software MAXQDA (v. 11.0.11). Subsequently, the semantic criteria of media discourse: functionality, significance and direction of the goal was applied on the selected sample. The results demonstrate the prevailing demonization of Islam, the exaltation of fear and panic in the discursive construction and it highlighted the spectacle of the information as a communicative strategy on the rhetorical guidance.

Incidencia de las aplicaciones móviles en la toma de decisiones del potencial turista : caso Huelva capital

This paper presents an analysis of spending habits and buying process of travel services through mobile applications in Huelva city. Among the most significant results can be found that 52.04% of potential tourists use mobile applications, being fully decisive in their decision to purchase the comments and opinions of other tourists on these platforms, as well as photographs of the destination you choose, while they are understanding that such information often false or manipulated.