Recibido: 23 de febrero de 2017 / Aceptado: 11 de septiembre de 2017 Resumen. Una cuarta parte de las informaciones difundidas por la prensa, en sus secciones de información general más cercanas, tiene su origen en hechos que pueden vincularse directa o indirectamente a un gobierno. Ese es el resultado de esta investigación sobre el peso de la información de los gobiernos Central, Autonómicos y Locales en la prensa de referencia. Con una metodológica cuantitativa, el análisis de contenido evalúa 29.342 unidades informativas en el papel de los diarios nacionales, El País y El Mundo, y locales, Sur y Málaga Hoy, durante el año 2010. La prensa nacional es menos permeable a la publicación de estos contenidos frente a lo local. Por influencias, un 42% de las noticias se refieren al gobierno central, un 30% al regional y un 28% procede de las corporaciones locales y provinciales. Palabras clave: Comunicación política; Comunicación de Gobierno; Periodismo; periodismo político; independencia periodística.[en] The weight of the influence of governments on quality press information Abstract. One-fourth of the information provided by the press -more precisely by the closest general information sections-has its original source in facts which can be linked in a directly or indirect way to a particular government. This is the result of such an investigation on the weight of the information from Central, Regional and Local governments in the press of reference. According to a quantitative methodology, the content analysis offers an evaluation of 29,342 information units in the national newspapers El País and El Mundo, and local newspapers Sur and Málaga Hoy, along 2010. The national press is less permeable to the publication of these contents, compared to the local newspapers. Taking influences as a value of reference, 42% of the news must do with central government, 30% has to do with regional governments and 28% comes from local and provincial corporations.

This study offers an ethnographic analysis of the merger of the digitally native news nonprofit the St. Louis Beacon and St. Louis Public Radio. Researchers observed news work and interviewed journalists before and after the merger, paying close attention to how routines shifted subsequently. Through the lens of gatekeeping theory, researchers discuss how new specialized roles, technical changes, and shifting news judgments affected communication routines, and how journalists did their jobs. These findings are discussed in the context of the ever-changing journalism industry and what this means for future gatekeeping studies.

This study examines the participatory effects of political satire, specifically late-night talk shows, in the age of digital media. Based on the O-S-R-O-R (background Orientation-Stimulus-Reasoning-outcome Orientation-Response) model of communication effects, this study theorizes and tests structural relationships in which audience factors (e.g., partisanship, hard news use) guide political satire viewing, and information processing activities (e.g., political talk, social media expression) and cognitive outcomes (e.g., political knowledge, political efficacy) channel the impact of the audience factor-driven political satire viewing on participation. More importantly, this study examines, for the first time, the role of social media in both political satire viewing and political expression, and its influence on participation. Data from a nationally representative survey (N=573) suggest that hard news use is an essential prerequisite for the participatory effects of political satire viewing. In addition, partisanship is a key predictor of political satire viewing, and media channel matters, such that those who watch late-night talk shows on television are less likely to participate in politics, while those who watch late-night talk shows in the social media environment are more likely to participate in politics through political expression on social media. These findings highlight the importance of understanding who receives what messages from where and how in the contemporary media environment to better explain the effects of media.

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