NETWORK JOURNALISM: HUMANS AND MACHINES IN A DIGITAL CARTOGRAPHY OF EL PAÍS
Network Journalism. Cyberjournalism. Digital Social Media. Cybeculture. Media Studies. Social Practices.
Its investigates and maps the formation of digital communication network of the company El País in Brazil, with emphasis on the routines of production and distribution of journalistic content through digital social media. The Spanish communications company presents itself as a "global newspaper" and represents a current dynamic of expansion of the digital network of communication vehicles around the world, such as the BBC (England), BuzzFeed (USA) and G1 (Brazil). We believe that from the detailing of the production and content distribution of El País Brazil it was possible to map a scenario of practices common to other newsrooms that work exclusively with digital production.From this understanding, this new scenario of production and distribution of cyberjournalism content was analyzed. For this, we follow the paths suggested by Actor-Network Theory (LATOUR, 2012) and Symbolic Cartography (SANTOS, 1998; 2001), to describe and analyze the importance of the human / technology relationship in this digital structure. For data collection, we used systematic observation methods and techniques, in-depth interviews that were used to map, describe, categorize and analyze this new professional scenario that is being shaped. From this understanding, this new scenario of production and distribution of cyberjournalism content was analyzed. For this, we follow the paths suggested by Actor-Network Theory (LATOUR, 2012) and Symbolic Cartography (SANTOS, 1998; 2001), to describe and analyze the importance of the human / technology relationship in this digital structure. For data collection, we used systematic observation methods and techniques, in-depth interviews that were used to map, describe, categorize and analyze this new professional scenario that is being shaped.