Magdalena Saldaña
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Magdalena Saldaña
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Associate Professor, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile School of Communications | Associate Director, www.mepop.cl | Associate Researcher, www.imfd.cl | Associate Editor, @digitaljournalism.bsky.social
Our focus groups reveal that women actively curate their news intake, prioritizing mental well-being and family welfare in response to high-stress media environments. These are gendered curation strategies that we see as and #ActsofCare within their #PrivatePublicSphere
September 22, 2025 at 4:11 PM
What challenges do #women face when consuming news in a fragmented, low-trust information landscape? What are their curation strategies for news use in such a landscape? We answered these questions by studying women's news consumption with #SurveyData and #FocusGroups in #Chile
September 22, 2025 at 4:11 PM
#NewPaper is out! With #NucleoMEPOP coauthors Claudia Lagos and @karengheza.bsky.social, led by the amazing Isabel Pavez in @jmcquarterly.bsky.social ❤️

journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

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September 22, 2025 at 4:11 PM
With the increasing pressures from authoritarian regimes, #AcademicFreedom has come under attack. In this commentary, we explore the decline of academic freedom and its consequences on #DigitalJournalism studies:

doi.org/10.1080/2167...

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July 11, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Happy and grateful for a successful trip to #Denver to attend #ICA25. Hope to see you all next year, #ICA friends!
#GlobalLatinidadesPreConf
#DigitalJournalism
#CommResearch
June 20, 2025 at 8:35 PM
We found that most of the stories used the #PublicService approach, explaining readers how the system works. Yet, a high number of stories used #ConflictFraming, quoting sources against the system. Very few stories quoted sources in favor of #SAE - only 17% of the sample
March 26, 2025 at 10:56 AM
This study looks at the coverage of #SAE, a new school admission system in Chile, to compare #ConflictFraming (reporting on political disputes regarding a new education policy) and #PublicServiceJournalism (providing useful information to understand the system) in six online news outlets
March 26, 2025 at 10:56 AM
#NewPaper is out! Bridging Inequality Gaps: Sustainable Journalism in the News Coverage of Education Policies, with @valeproust.bsky.social @ccabalin.bsky.social & Beatriz Fernández in #JournalismPractice from our #Fondecyt grant 🥳
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March 26, 2025 at 10:56 AM