INVESTIGADORES
TARULLO MarÍa Raquel
capítulos de libros
Título:
Journalism and civil society: the key to data journalism in Argentina
Autor/es:
ADRIANA AMADO; TARULLO, RAQUEL
Libro:
Data Journalism in the Global South
Editorial:
Palgrave Mac Millan
Referencias:
Año: 2019;
Resumen:
Interaction between the media and the political system is a critical factor in shaping journalism culture (Hallin & Mancini, 2007; Mellado et al., 2017). Particular sociopolitical conditions in the recent years explain the scarce initiatives in data journalism in Argentina. As it is described in the report of Freedom House, the government of President Mauricio Macri, which took power in December of 2015, reversed a long period of secretive and hostile behavior toward the press, started in 2003 with Néstor Kirchner and turned into a pattern during the two periods of Cristina Fernández de Kirchner´s presidency (Freedom of the Press, 2017). A long-delayed freedom of information law was passed in the Congress in 2016, starting a hard process to improve public access to government documents. The new administration established an official framework for the distribution of state advertising, allocated in the previous years by politicized and arbitrary criteria (Crettaz, 2018; Poder Ciudadano, 2011). But in reverse, the reduction in income for the media, combined with the country?s difficult economic situation, affected the financial sustainability of most of the media.