Year: 2022
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: Both academic research and industry reports show how social networks have penetrated at a fast pace in Latin America. From the challenge of making specialized knowledge accessible to society, this phenomenon is an opportunity to learn how they are being used for scientific journalists working in specialized institutions. This study focuses on the Chilean context, paying special attention to Instagram. Due to its particularities and visual characteristics, this social network is replacing other applications such as Twitter and Facebook as a tool for scientific communication. The perception of the journalists working in scientific institutions and centers and their relationship with Instagram is hereby revealed, and its further analysis is developed based on a questionnaire with open and closed questions, which represents a contribution to the study on the journalistic use of social media. According to the results, 70% of those consulted identify Instagram as the most frequently used application for scientific dissemination on social media, due to its dynamism and visual capabilities to deliver messages. However, although there is a positive assessment of the platform and its importance as a great ally for the dissemination process, there is also a need to focus the messages and apply appropriate graphic criteria for greater effectiveness on posts and more engagement with the audiences.
Source: Cuadernos info
DOI: 10.7764/cdi.53.42515
Institution: Universidad de Granada
Language: Spanish
Subfield: Information Systems and Management
Field: Decision Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W4312564544