Análisis periodístico de los casos de corrupción gubernamental ecuatoriana 2020, en BN periodismo

Abstract

In this article, a journalistic analysis was carried out to the digital communication medium BN Periodismo, to establish, if ten of its news about corruption in medical supplies in Ecuador during 2020, complied with the elements of the news that Carl Warren raises, with the purpose of knowing if the investigated medium carries out a correct approach to the information or not and to know if the elements of the news are current in the digital medium. After completing the analysis, it was possible to verify compliance with the elements of evaluation of the news, during the investigation the digital medium met the parameters that Carl Warren requires for its news to be considered as such. From the interviews carried out and the study of the theories, “Agenda Setting” and “The Spiral of Silence”, it was evidenced that the facts about corruption in medical supplies that BN Periodismo disseminated on the YouTube platform, shaped part of the opinion public, turning the medium into a generator of opinion and information. The investigation allowed us to understand the way in which BN Periodismo used digital tools to create and disseminate entertaining content and their role as journalists, classifying the digital medium in an informative and opinion journalistic genre.