Análisis comparativo del tratamiento de la información y la opinión pública sobre el paro de octubre 2019. Caso de estudio: El Universo y Wambra Medio Digital.

Abstract

This research aimed to analyze the case of the National Strike October 2019 revolt Ecuador and El Universe press, period in which there was a large amount of news about this event, so it was very interesting to see on the one hand the treatment of information and on the other the citizen opinion, and of course its influence on digital media. Through the analysis of the headlines published in two Ecuadorian media, El Universe, from the city of Guayaquil that operates since 1921 and is one of the largest in the country. Compared to the medium Wambra Ec a multimedia digital media that was created in 2010 as an online radio on the Internet and today is a medium that works from the multimedia. For which a qualitative and descriptive methodology was applied to a total of 26 articles, it was possible to reflect that in 10 of the journalistic notes it was found that in relation to the treatment of information the category “building reality” stands out in relation to the category “there is truth”. Being the central trend of all articles the focus of the category "the bad image of the image". And in relation to citizen opinion, it could be verified that they have a tendency to follow those publications where words such as: dead, wounded, victim and weapons are found, in a percentage of 80%. While 20% of followers of these media focus on stories that have words such as debate, law, crime, universities, eviction, dialogue and losses in 20%. To conclude, it was possible to show that the publications of the Wambra Ec media have a treatment of the news that is closer to reality and this position is perceived by the citizen opinion, in addition they show that this media was in an attitude of questioning the State and on the other hand it was in favor of the indigenous movement. In relation to the media El Universe, where the category “the bad image of the image” was analyzed in the coverage of events and headlines, there was a favoritism by the State and a minimization towards the indigenous movement.