"Latin American journalism is currently experiencing some important transformations, with potential changes to how news is produced, shared, financed and consumed. This book provides a comprehensive overview of current journalism in Latin America, contextualized by global literature and regional empirical evidence. It is an important addition to our understanding of digital journalism and a must-read for those interested in journalism in Latin America." Dr. Vanessa de Macedo Higgins Joyce, Texas State University, USA This book explores innovative approaches to digital and data journalism in Latin America, brought by both legacy media and newcomers to the industry, with the purpose of examining this changing media landscape. As part of the Global South, Latin America has shown significant influence in the promotion of data and digital technologies applied to journalism in recent years. In this region, news entrepreneurs are becoming an essential source of innovation in news production, circulation, and distribution. The book considers news media, particularly in Latin America, as an open set of practices intertwined in the evolution of technology. It discusses the transformation of the Latin American news media ecosystem and considers how it has shaped the industry despite local differences. The study fills a significant gap in academic scholarship by addressing the multiple external factors, mainly political and economic, which have contributed to the relative lack of studies on the patterns of journalism in this region. Ramón Salaverría is Associate Dean of Research at the School of Communication, University of Navarra, Spain, where he heads the Digital News Media Research Group. Author of over 200 scholarly publications, his research focuses on digital journalism and media convergence, both in national and international comparative studies. Mathias-Felipe de-Lima-Santos is a researcher at the University of Navarra, Spain, under the JOLT project, a Marie Skłodowska-Curie European Training Network funded by the European Commission's Horizon 2020. Previously, he was a Visiting Researcher at the Queensland University of Technology, Australia. He researches changing journalistic practice with a particular focus on business models, data, and novel technologies.

Digital-Native News and the Remaking of Latin American Mainstream and Alternative Journalism explores the rise of independent, digital-native news outlets in Latin America and their role in social change, protest participation, and the refinement of the concept of "alternative" media. Drawing upon a decade of original research, including interviews, surveys, focus groups, and content analyses, this book questions how the emergence of online-native news sites in Latin America is redefining our understanding of what it means to be mainstream and what it means to be alternative. By analyzing a wide range of elements, from business models and audience behaviors to social media use and the role of gender, this text examines how these sites are challenging traditional, hegemonic mainstream news media and its service to political and economic elites. The result is a discerning investigation into the new brand of journalism these sites have innovated. This insightful study will be of interest to journalism, communication, and Latin American scholars, particularly those interested in how technology is moulding journalistic practices and changing conceptions of journalism itself.

La peculiaridad del presente libro es que son dos libros en uno. Los primeros 5 capítulos se presentan bajo el subtítulo “Conocer a las Audiencias” y en ellos se abordan temas que tienen a las audiencias contemporáneas y sus procesos de consumo cultural y de interacción mediática y digital como centro de la discusión; mientras que los siguientes 5 capítulos se agrupan bajo el subtítulo: “Posicionarse a las Nuevas Estrategias para Nuevos Sectores” y ofrecen temas variados relacionados a la publicidad, los modelos de negocio y las nuevas situaciones del mercado mediático, abordajes sobre turismo y la situación nueva de turistas en tanto receptores de información con demandas más puntuales a la ofertada tradicionalmente. El capítulo final es un ensayo elocuente sobre el comportamiento comunicacional de sectores de la audiencia vinculados a Internet frente a una teleserie de la televisión clásica en Ecuador. Y si bien estos dos conjuntos de capítulos difieren en sus temáticas concretas, conllevan en común la búsqueda de nuevas definiciones, nuevos diseños metodológicos y nuevas conceptualizaciones de sus temas específicos.Los autores aquí reunidos proceden del ámbito iberoamericano, hispano y luso parlante, americano y europeo, lo cual ofrece una singular muestra internacional de trayectorias, intereses académicos y abordajes a los temas seleccionados.

Global Journalism Practice and New Media Performance provides an overview of new and traditional media in their political, economic and cultural contexts while exploring the role of journalism practice and media education. The authors examine media systems in 16 countries, including China, Russia and the United States.