Factors associated with the Chilean public’s interest in foreign news on TV

Autores/as

  • William Porath Facultad de Comunicaciones, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
  • Constanza Mujica Facultad de Comunicaciones, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
  • Francisco Maldonado Ulloa Facultad de Comunicaciones, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.1982-8160.v8i2p219-242

Palabras clave:

Foreign news, television, newscasts, public

Resumen

This article analyzes the interest shown by the Chilean public in foreign news events broadcasted by local newscasts. The analysis is based on the results of a survey carried out in 2009 in the context of the Foreign TV News Around the World international project. A regression analysis was conducted in order to identify which variables are the most associated to that interest, concluding that, in general terms, the most relevant factor is the proximity the audience might feel to those events. These results, in accordance to what the literature proposes, suggest that domestication – the linking of foreign news with the local – must be a central consideration in the construction of foreign news by editors and journalists.

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Biografía del autor/a

  • William Porath, Facultad de Comunicaciones, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
    PhD in Political Science from the University Johannes Gutenberg of Mainz, German. He teaches in Facultad de Comunicaciones of Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. E-mail: wporath@uc.cl
  • Constanza Mujica, Facultad de Comunicaciones, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
    Professor of Facultad de Comunicaciones of Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. E-mail: mujicaholley@gmail.com
  • Francisco Maldonado Ulloa, Facultad de Comunicaciones, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
    Journalist e MA in Political Science from the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, where worked as assistant researcher in Facultad de Comunicaciones. E-mail: fjmaldon@uc.cl

Publicado

2014-12-17

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Cómo citar

Porath, W., Mujica, C., & Maldonado Ulloa, F. (2014). Factors associated with the Chilean public’s interest in foreign news on TV. MATRIZes, 8(2), 219-242. https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.1982-8160.v8i2p219-242