finding proximity online journalism @Portugal #cobciber

@pjeronimo@UPorto @ObCiber

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proximity journalism is characterized by the commitment to a particular territory and their communities Camponez (2002)

is often associated to regional press

online journalism or cyberjournalism (ciberjornalismo is more frequent in PT) is the speciality of journalism that uses cyberespace to collect, edit and publish news content Salaverría (2005)

concepts context & goals method results conclusion | 02 08

95,1% of 245 daily and weekly newspapers in PT are regional Pordata (2009)

+700 local/regional newspapers ERC (2010)

when the internet transion of the portuguese regional press started?

what is the news production of proximity online journalism? how it has evolved?

concepts context & goals method results conclusion | 03 08

dominios.pt to know when the online news outlets domains were registered

archive.org to know when the online news outlets were created and to “travel” along time

Zamith (2008) model (with changes) to evaluate de use of hipertextuality, interactivity and multimidiality in news production (two moments)

concepts context & goals method results conclusion | 04 08

175 regional newspapers (daily to weekly) from 235 regional media (natives and TV)

1996 started the regional press transion

1996-98 there was a group of 8 pioneers - Região de Leiria was the first (June, 7)

2007-09 when more regional newspapers (19,9%) and media (27%) created online news outlets

concepts context & goals method results conclusion | 05 08

1996-2000 created 44 online news outlets

25% remained the same from the start

16,1% avarage use (1996-00 and 2012): 56,1% hiper., 14,7% inter., 9,9% multi.

dnoticias.pt the best (+70) andvoz-portucalense.pt the worse (-20)

concepts context & goals method results conclusion | 06 08

1996-1997 implementation1998-2006 reaction2007-2009 boom2010-0000 stagnation

shovelware rulesno significat changes in 16 yearsmultimedia production is rare

small newsrooms and paper first

concepts context & goals method results conclusion | 07 08

grateful!

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