Last couple of years, female presence has increased in Ecuadorian political institutions. However, the visibility of women in the public media continues to be limited. In this context, we investigate how these women are represented by the digital media. We conducted a descriptive study of the socio-demographic characterization of women in published opinion in the digital newspapers El Universo and El Comercio. We identify to what extent these media take women as a reference in their publications, and what are the female profiles in this regard. Through a number of 2,203 press-releases published between 2010 and 2015, we analyze the frequency of appearance of 78 women referred as sources of news. In general, we observe that women consulted as journalistic sources in digital newspapers fluctuate between 35 and 50 years of age, more than 50% identify themselves as mestizas, and most of them...

Last couple of years, female presence has increased in Ecuadorian political institutions. However, the visibility of women in the public media continues to be limited. In this context, we investigate how these women are represented by the digital media. We conducted a descriptive study of the socio-demographic characterization of women in published opinion in the digital newspapers El Universo and El Comercio. We identify to what extent these media take women as a reference in their publications, and what are the female profiles in this regard. Through a number of 2,203 press-releases published between 2010 and 2015, we analyze the frequency of appearance of 78 women referred as sources of news. In general, we observe that women consulted as journalistic sources in digital newspapers fluctuate between 35 and 50 years of age, more than 50% identify themselves as mestizas, and most of them...

Na última década, a América Latina passou por um aumento da insatisfação política, polarização ideológica e enfraquecimento institucional. Nesse contexto, os candidatos têm usado o TikTok para estabelecer conexões diretas e emocionais com os eleitores, principalmente entre os jovens. O objetivo deste estudo é fornecer uma análise abrangente dos usos afetivos nas mensagens postadas pelos perfis oficiais dos candidatos à presidência no TikTok durante as eleições no México, El Salvador, Equador e Argentina (2023-2024). Um corpus de 705 posts foi submetido à análise por meio de um desenho metodológico misto, integrando análise quantitativa de conteúdo focada na intenção do falante e análise lexicométrica facilitada pelo IRaMuTeQ. Os resultados do estudo indicam diferenças individuais significativas. Claudia Sheinbaum se destacou por suas mensagens expressivas, Dan...