• Agenda-setting in a social media age: Exploring new methodological approaches 

      Carazo Barrantes, Carolina (2021-03)
      This paper analyzes the role of social media in electoral processes and contemporary political life. We analyze Costa Rica’s 2018 presidential election from an agenda-setting perspective, studying the media, the political ...
    • Blogs and bloggers 

      Siles González, Ignacio (2019-12)
      This entry discusses the main characteristics of blogs and bloggers and their coevolution since the start of blogging in the 1990s. Blogs are a kind of website that can be used to present introspective ruminations or an ...
    • Periodismo y agenda setting: Una discusión sobre el interés por asuntos públicos de la ciudadanía 

      Carazo Barrantes, Carolina (2018)
      En este artículo se reflexiona sobre la capacidad de los medios para fijar la agenda de discusión pública de la ciudadanía en el contexto actual. Se discute la teoría de la agenda setting y su evolución temática y temporal ...
    • Populism, Religion, and Social media in Central America 

      Siles González, Ignacio; Guevara, Erica; Tristán Jiménez, Larissa María; Carazo Barrantes, Carolina (2021-07-19)
      This paper analyzes how presidential candidates Fabricio Alvarado and Nayib Bukele used Facebook during the elections in Costa Rica (2018) and El Salvador (2019) respectively to develop a particular style of communication ...
    • Sitios costarricenses de noticias en Facebook: ¿Qué “likean”, comentan y comparten sus usuarios? 

      Siles González, Ignacio; Campos Acuña, Pedro; Segura Castillo, Andrés (2018-10-08)
      En este artículo, se discute cómo usuarias y usuarios interactúan con contenido noticioso publicado por sitios costarricenses de noticias en Facebook. Utilizando una metodología mixta que combinó el análisis de redes ...
    • The mechanisms of “incidental news consumption”: An eye tracking study of news interaction on Facebook 

      Vergara Heidke, Adrián; Siles González, Ignacio; Castro Dávila, Ana; Chaves Benavides, Alonso (2020)
      This exploratory study examines how participants incidentally consumed news on social media through an eye tracking analysis of their visual interaction with posts on Facebook. By interaction, we refer to the attention ...
    • The Mutual Domestication of Users and Algorithmic Recommendations on Netflix 

      Siles González, Ignacio; Espinoza Rojas, Johan; Naranjo Hernández, Adrián; Tristán Meoño, María Fernanda (2019)
      This article examines the mutual domestication of users and recommendation algorithms on Netflix. Based on 25 interviews with users and an inductive analysis of their practices and profiles on the platform, we discuss five ...