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
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My Private–Public Sphere: Women’s Information Strategies in Times of News Mistrust - Isabel Pavez, Magdalena Saldaña, Claudia Lagos Lira, Karen Gheza, 2025
Problematic information, such as mis- and disinformation, circulating in fragmented news ecosystems, has contributed to mistrust and information fatigue. Using ...
journals.sagepub.com
September 22, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Thus, women get news not only as individuals navigating a #SocialRevolt, a #pandemic, and an intense #ElectoralCycle, but also as a means of caring for those closest to them. We invite scholars to keep studying the role of women as news caregivers in their private–public sphere
a cartoon dog is hugging another dog with the words `` mum loves you '' .
ALT: a cartoon dog is hugging another dog with the words `` mum loves you '' .
media.tenor.com
September 22, 2025 at 4:11 PM
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
However, men are more likely than women to feel they understand and are well-equipped to participate in politics ( #InternalPoliticalEfficacy), while women present higher levels of #ExternalPoliticalEfficacy — the belief that the government will respond to people’s demands 🙏
a man says i know what i 'm doing
ALT: a man says i know what i 'm doing
media.tenor.com
September 22, 2025 at 4:11 PM
While men and women have different news repertoires, they don't have significantly different news skills or information routines: women are not more likely to be #misinformed or to feel #InformationOverload, and both women and men have similar levels of #NewsLiteracy
a little girl is dancing with her hands in the air and says `` you go girllll '' .
ALT: a little girl is dancing with her hands in the air and says `` you go girllll '' .
media.tenor.com
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
When comparing #TV #Radio and #Newspapers, we found that TV news used less conflict-centered coverage, unlike radio news, which presented less public service coverage. We invite you to read the full paper here: doi.org/10.1080/1751...

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Bridging Inequality Gaps: Sustainable Journalism in the News Coverage of Education Policies
By conducting a content analysis of 331 news stories, this study observed how six news organizations covered Chile’s new school admission system (SAE) for enrolling in K-12 schools. To identify the...
doi.org
March 26, 2025 at 10:56 AM
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
Con estas áreas queremos dar espacio a temas de creciente interés en la disciplina, como #IA #Misinfo #DataJour #Newsfluencers, junto a temas de importancia política, profesional y social. El artículo completo está con #FreeAccess aquí: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Digital Journalism (Studies): An Agenda for the Future
Digital Journalism has an important role to play in encouraging and publishing research with societal relevance that advances digital journalism studies as a field. In this article we discuss the m...
www.tandfonline.com
March 14, 2025 at 12:10 PM