Análisis comparativo del tratamiento informativo de los medios DW (Deutsche Welle) y RT (Rusia Today) respecto a la guerra entre Ucrania y Rusia

Abstract

Within this work, a comparative analysis of the informative treatment made by two important international media such as Deutsche Welle (DW) and Russia Today (RT), regardingthe war between Ukraine and Russia, one of the most important and transcendental issues of the last years. For the methodological part, the comparative method was used, which made it possibleto establish points of similarity and difference between the work of the two selected media. Forthis, first a search was carried out to select 10 news items from each of the media to be used, and then a matrix was prepared with all the information found, in addition to 5 categories that allowed evaluating the elements that were found, and then developing a series of bar graphs based on the elements obtained from the matrices previously made. The purpose of this was tocontribute to the students' understanding of the way in which the media have worked on such acomplex topic that has demanded a great deal of effort on the part of the media. One of the most important conclusions of this work is that in the case of both media it has been possible to identify the existence of manipulation, as well as bias within the information analyzed, due to the fact that the news has been presented in a way that favors the interests they defend. It is also important to mention that the media have had to adapt to the newtechnological tools available today, which have facilitated a more complete work regardingthecoverage of this war conflict, having the possibility of obtaining information in different formats, taking into account the preferences of the users.