Evaluación de los podcasts de noticias: un acercamiento a emisoras de la ciudad de Puebla

Abstract

The podcast is one of the diverse collaborative tools that are implemented in Digital Journalism, being an easily distributed format that can provide a dynamic and creative space for the social communication professional. This piece of research aims to evaluate the podcasts that are published on news sites in the city of Puebla, Mexico. The variables that were considered were: function, production and dissemination of the podcast. Research was qualitative, descriptive, cross-sectional and non-experimental. The information was collected from an observation guide. The categories used for the evaluation of the recordings were: production, journalistic function and dissemination. The results showed that podcasts are, mostly, full or partial recordings of live programs. Their function is primarily informative and is not applied as a channel for investigative journalism. In addition, it was identified that the stations do not track the leagues and the interaction that podcasts themselves generate.