Bilingual strategies on news media production in the post-digital age

Retis, Jéssica; Chacón, Lourdes M. Cueva

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“…Second, as we used Google Advanced to collect all news coverage stories for this article, there is a possibility that some stories were missed. Yet, this is a larger problem in Spanish‐language mass media research as there are not many repositories that aggregate collections together for review (Retis, 2019). Third, we used only one term in collecting news stories.…”

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“…Only written articles were included, with video‐only news coverage articles excluded for the current analysis. Our rationale for including written articles was predicated on video content accessibility, as many Hispanic populations report difficulties with internet bandwidth (Retis, 2019). Written articles, additionally, are more easily accessible online than streaming videos and tend to be published much faster than videos.…”

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“…This study explores current Spanish‐language online news media coverage of GT. We are interested in how GT is covered within Spanish‐language news media as more Hispanic populations report seeking and receiving news online (Retis, 2019). Coverage throughout the rest of the manuscript refers to the stories that have been published online from the reviewed news outlets.…”

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Ciencia, Genética, y ¿Desinformación?: A content analysis of genetic testing coverage from US Spanish‐language news media

Chavez‐Yenter

Holton

Vega

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Journal of Genetic Counseling

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Genetic testing (GT) has become ubiquitous in the United States, either in clinical or direct‐to‐consumer markets. White and English‐speaking populations have primarily benefited from this new technology, leaving other groups, like Hispanic populations, behind. Explanations for this disparity has cited a lack of awareness and knowledge of genetic testing purposes. Science communication from English‐language media play an important role in setting initial attitudes and influencing decision‐making for audiences. However, Spanish‐language media have virtually no research published on documented potential effects for GT utilization despite the continued growth of Hispanic Spanish‐speaking groups in the United States. Thus, this study characterized coverage of GT from two of the most prominent US Spanish‐language media outlets, Telemundo and Univision. Over a 12‐year time period, we identified 235 written articles of GT, mainly focusing on forensics applications, followed by gossip and health. There were 292 sources referenced across all 235 articles drawing from governmental agencies or officials, other news agencies, and medical institutions or officials. The findings suggest that coverage of GT among Spanish‐language news outlets is limited. When Spanish‐language news outlets do cover GT, they focus on aspects of intrigue or entertainment more than demystifying and explaining GT. Stories tend to cite other published articles, with author attribution often missing, leading to questions of comfort of Spanish‐media to cover these topics. Further, the publishing process may lead to confusion of the purpose of genetic testing for health purposes and may bias Spanish‐speaking groups towards genetic testing for health purposes. Thus, reconciliation and education initiatives around genetic testing purposes are needed for Spanish‐speaking communities from not only media, but also genetics providers and institutions.

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Ciencia, Genética, y ¿Desinformación?: A content analysis of genetic testing coverage from US Spanish‐language news media

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Journal of Genetic Counseling

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“…For more than 200 years, Latino media served their audiences’ needs for information and communication in Spanish, English, or Spanglish (Retis 2019a; Retis and Cueva Chacón 2022; Rodriguez 1999). They evolved in parallel with the various phases of arrival and settlement and, more recently, the subsequent geographical dispersion throughout the country.…”

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“…Prominent Spanish-language dailies and weeklies have closed (e.g., Hoy of the Chicago Tribune , Al Día of The Dallas Morning News , Ahora Sí of the Austin American-Statesman ), and others have become online only (e.g., La Opinión , El Diario ). In this process, local news outlets serving small Spanish-language communities shrank the most (Retis 2019a). Napoli et al (2018, 4) found that the larger the Latino population in a community, “the less robust the journalism in that community” was.…”

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¿Qué pasa with American News Media? How Digital-Native Latinx News Serves Community Information Needs Using Messaging Apps

Chacón,

Retis

2023

The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Scie

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Traditional and legacy Spanish-language news outlets are shrinking, leaving many communities in the U.S. without news that satisfies their critical information needs. At the same time, news media entrepreneurs are adopting and adapting to technological changes that offer new venues for news delivery. We use a mixed-methods research approach to analyze Latinx digital-native news media organizations that distribute news in Spanish via mobile instant messaging (MIM) apps. Results show that journalists took a bottom-up approach to meeting the information needs of their audiences, choosing MIMs because their readers were already established on those platforms. Our work also reveals that news delivered via MIMs focuses mostly on health, emergencies and public safety, civic information, and economic development.

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Bilingual strategies on news media production in the post-digital age

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Ciencia, Genética, y ¿Desinformación?: A content analysis of genetic testing coverage from US Spanish‐language news media

Ciencia, Genética, y ¿Desinformación?: A content analysis of genetic testing coverage from US Spanish‐language news media

¿Qué pasa with American News Media? How Digital-Native Latinx News Serves Community Information Needs Using Messaging Apps

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