Periodismo digital: redes sociales y aplicaciones de internet en los medios de comunicación de Azogues

Abstract

We must understand by digital journalism or cyberjournalism as a new form of journalism in general, several studies on this subject determine that technology together with the internet have modified the basic processes on which this profession is based as: research, production and dissemination. It is a process of transformation that is greatly driven by the universalization of the internet and as an effect has left a new way of doing journalism, totally digital, characterized mainly by the immediacy and global access to information, with peculiarities such as multimedia, hypertext and interactivity and, the omnipresence of the sender and receiver. This research is a guide to know what is the reality of digital journalism in Azogues, is an exploration of this professional practice and also investigates the use of social networks and internet applications in the media of Azogues. The intention is not to analyze only social networks, it seeks to analyze how the media and Azogues journalists are using them; it concludes by pointing out the new professional figures such as the Conmunity or Social Media Manager and its importance. It is a pioneering project for future research on the use of social networks in media and journalists.