Hasil untuk "Journalism. The periodical press, etc."

Angelina Toursel

FR. Quels sont les fondements théoriques et les orientations méthodologiques de l’épistémologie du journalisme ? Cet article vise à répondre à cette question par une approche analytique et théorique consistant à retracer les sources et les dynamiques de l’épistémologie du journalisme dans la recherche francophone et anglophone. L’objectif est d’explorer les similitudes, les divergences et les croisements possibles entre ces deux traditions académiques, souvent cloisonnées. L’épistémologie du journalisme, entendue comme une réflexion sur la nature, la légitimité et les processus de production des savoirs, repose sur un postulat fondamental : le journalisme produit des connaissances qui, en circulant dans la société, affectent les représentations collectives et structurent les débats publics. L’examen des processus par lesquels ces connaissances sont construites et légitimées constitue dès lors l’enjeu central de cette réflexion. Les travaux fondateurs s’inscrivant dans cette perspective sont rapportés à leurs ancrages disciplinaires respectifs. D’un côté, la recherche anglophone, héritière de Robert Park, privilégie une approche sociologique centrée sur les pratiques journalistiques et leur dimension socio-institutionnelle. De l’autre, influencée par une réticence initiale à considérer le journalisme comme une source légitime de savoirs, la recherche francophone s’est orientée vers une réflexion philosophique, conceptuelle et normative. Les contributions de Gilles Gauthier et Bertrand Labasse illustrent cette approche francophone en explorant des notions clés telles que la vérité, l’objectivité et la réalité. Leurs apports sont discutés et mis en dialogue avec les recherches anglophones pour dépasser le cloisonnement disciplinaire. En offrant un panorama critique et dialogique, cet article cherche moins à renouveler l’épistémologie du journalisme qu’à relancer des questionnements essentiels et montrer en quoi cette réflexion reste particulièrement féconde pour éclairer les enjeux contemporains, notamment à l’ère des mutations numériques. *** EN. What are the theoretical foundations and methodological orientations of journalism epistemology? This article addresses this question through a theoretical and analytical approach, tracing the origins and dynamics of journalism epistemology in both Francophone and Anglophone academic traditions. Its objective is to explore the similarities, divergences, and possible points of convergence between these two often siloed scholarly fields. Epistemology of journalism — conceived as a critical reflection on the nature, legitimacy, and processes of knowledge production — rests on a core assumption: journalism generates knowledge that, as it circulates through society, shapes collective representations and structures public discourse. At the heart of this reflection lies the examination of how such knowledge is constructed and legitimized. Foundational contributions to this field are situated within their respective disciplinary contexts. On the one hand, Anglophone research, rooted in the legacy of Robert Park, has generally embraced a sociological perspective centered on journalistic practices and their socio-institutional dimensions. On the other hand, Francophone scholarship—initially reluctant to view journalism as a legitimate form of knowledge—has tended toward a more philosophical, conceptual, and normative line of inquiry. The work of Gilles Gauthier and Bertrand Labasse exemplifies this approach, particularly through their analyses of central concepts such as truth, objectivity, and reality. Their contributions are examined in dialogue with Anglophone scholarship in an effort to transcend disciplinary boundaries. By offering a critical and dialogic overview, this article does not seek to redefine journalism epistemology, but rather to reopen essential lines of questioning and highlight the continued relevance of this field in addressing contemporary challenges—especially in the context of ongoing digital transformations. *** ES. ¿Cuáles son los fundamentos teóricos y las orientaciones metodológicas de la epistemología del periodismo? Este artículo se propone responder a esta pregunta a través de un enfoque analítico y teórico que busca reconstruir las fuentes y dinámicas de la epistemología del periodismo en la investigación francófona y anglófona. El objetivo es explorar las similitudes, divergencias y posibles puntos de convergencia entre estas dos tradiciones académicas, a menudo compartimentadas. La epistemología del periodismo, entendida como una reflexión sobre la naturaleza, la legitimidad y los procesos de producción del conocimiento, se basa en un postulado fundamental: el periodismo produce conocimientos que, al circular en la sociedad, afectan las representaciones colectivas y estructuran los debates públicos. El análisis de los procesos a través de los cuales se construyen y legitiman estos saberes constituye, por ende, el núcleo central de esta reflexión. Los trabajos fundacionales que se inscriben en esta perspectiva se analizan en relación con sus respectivos anclajes disciplinares. Por un lado, la investigación anglófona, heredera de Robert Park, privilegia un enfoque sociológico centrado en las prácticas periodísticas y su dimensión socio-institucional. Por el contrario, la tradición francófona, marcada en sus inicios por una cierta resistencia a considerar el periodismo como un saber legítimo, ha orientado su reflexión hacia un enfoque más filosófico, conceptual y normativo. Las contribuciones de Gilles Gauthier y Bertrand Labasse ilustran este enfoque francófono, al explorar nociones clave como la verdad, la objetividad y la realidad. Sus aportes son discutidos y puestos en diálogo con la producción anglófona, con el fin de superar los compartimentos disciplinarios. Al ofrecer un panorama crítico y dialógico, este artículo no pretende renovar la epistemología del periodismo, sino más bien reabrir interrogantes esenciales y mostrar en qué medida esta reflexión sigue siendo particularmente fértil para iluminar los desafíos contemporáneos, especialmente en el contexto de las transformaciones digitales. *** PT. Quais são os fundamentos teóricos e as orientações metodológicas da epistemologia do jornalismo? Este artigo procura responder a essa pergunta por meio de uma abordagem analítica e teórica, traçando as origens e as dinâmicas da epistemologia do jornalismo no campo da pesquisa acadêmica francófona e anglófona. O objetivo é explorar as semelhanças, divergências e possíveis pontos de convergência entre essas duas tradições acadêmicas, muitas vezes compartimentadas. A epistemologia do jornalismo, entendida como uma reflexão sobre a natureza, a legitimidade e os processos de produção do conhecimento, baseia-se em uma premissa central: o jornalismo gera conhecimento que, ao circularem na sociedade, afetam as representações coletivas e estruturam os debates públicos. Examinar os processos pelos quais esse conhecimento é construído e legitimado está, portanto, no cerne desta reflexão. Os trabalhos fundadores que se enquadram nesta perspectiva são analisados à luz das suas respectivas bases disciplinares. Por um lado, a pesquisa anglófona, enraizada no legado de Robert Park, tem geralmente adotado uma abordagem sociológica, centrada nas práticas jornalísticas e sua dimensão socioinstitucional. Por outro lado, influenciada por uma relutância inicial em considerar o jornalismo como uma fonte legítima de conhecimento, a pesquisa francófona voltou-se para uma reflexão mais filosófica, conceitual e normativa. Os trabalhos de Gilles Gauthier e Bertrand Labasse ilustram essa abordagem francófona, ao explorar noções-chave como verdade, objetividade e realidade. Suas contribuições são discutidas e colocadas em diálogo com a produção anglófona, em um esforço para superar a compartimentalização disciplinar. Ao oferecer uma visão geral crítica e dialógica, este artigo busca não tanto renovar a epistemologia do jornalismo, mas reavivar questionamentos essenciais e mostrar como essa reflexão continua sendo particularmente fértil para lançar luz sobre desafios contemporâneos, especialmente na era das transformações digitais. ***

Muneer Ahmad, M. Sadik Batcha, Basharat Ahmad Wani et al.

Webology is an international peer-reviewed journal in English devoted to the field of the World Wide Web and serves as a forum for discussion and experimentation. It serves as a forum for new research in information dissemination and communication processes in general, and in the context of the World Wide Web in particular. This paper presents a Scientometric analysis of the Webology Journal. The paper analyses the pattern of growth of the research output published in the journal, pattern of authorship, author productivity, and subjects covered to the papers over the period (2013-2017). It is found that 62 papers were published during the period of study (2013-2017). The maximum numbers of articles were collaborative in nature. The subject concentration of the journal noted was Social Networking/Web 2.0/Library 2.0 and Scientometrics or Bibliometrics. Iranian researchers contributed the maximum number of articles (37.10%). The study applied standard formula and statistical tools to bring out the factual result.

Katherine M. Engelke

Audience participation is a contested issue in newsrooms and can challenge journalistic authority. By conducting a mixed-method analysis of a decade (2009–2018) of metajournalistic discourse (<i>N</i> = 135) on participatory journalism in two leading trade magazines in the US and Germany (<i>Columbia Journalism Review</i> and <i>Journalist</i>), this study aims to contribute to the field’s understanding of how and in which contexts audience participation is covered in public discourse and of reasons for positive and negative public evaluations of participatory journalism. The results show that while metajournalistic discourse covered participatory journalism in all stages of the news production process, notable differences in the coverage emerged depending on the specific context factors of participation dealt with. It is therefore depicted as a pervasive and multi-faceted phenomenon. 93 articles featured an evaluation: 53% depicted participatory journalism positively, 16% negatively and 31% left a mixed impression. Several themes emerged in the reasons for these evaluations, some of which are exact opposites, indicating that the presented evaluation depends on the specific circumstances of audience participation, namely the contexts of participatory journalism, the degree of involvement and character of audience participation and the resources available to the journalists.

Bernice Owusu, Benjamin Damoah

Ghana's Fourth Republic has been marked by a stable and thriving democracy since its inception in 1992. The Fourth Republic began after a series of military governments and coups in the country's history. Ghana's democracy has proven its mettle under the Fourth Republic by upholding democratic principles such as the Rule of Law, free and fair elections, freedom of expression and association, a multi-party system, political tolerance, separation of powers, and effective participation. Despite its commendable success over the past 30 years, there are still some critical challenges that need to be addressed, including low participation, corruption, favoritism, nepotism, extreme political polarization, winner-takes-all mentality, and politicization of illegal mining (Galamsey). This paper aims to establish the undeniable relationship between democracy and economic liberalization and suggests remediation strategies to ensure the long-term sustainability of Ghana's democracy by thoroughly reviewing relevant literature.

Niels Taubert, Linda Sterzik, Andre Bruns

In the current scientific and political discourse surrounding the transformation of the scientific publication system, significant attention is focused on Diamond Open Access (OA). This article explores the potential and challenges of Diamond OA journals, using Germany as a case study. Two questions are addressed: first, the current role of such journals in the scientific publication system is determined through bibliometric analysis across various disciplines. Second, an investigation is conducted to assess the sustainability of Diamond OA journals and identify associated structural problems or potential breaking points. This investigation includes an in-depth expert interview study involving 20 editors of Diamond OA journals. The empirical results are presented using a landscape map that considers two dimensions: 'monetized and gift-based completion of tasks' and 'journal team size.' The bibliometric analysis reveals a substantial number of Diamond OA journals in the social sciences and humanities, but limited adoption in other fields. The model proves effective for small to mid-sized journals, but not for larger ones. Additionally, it was found that 23 Diamond OA journals have recently discontinued their operations. The expert interviews demonstrate the usefulness of the two dimensions in understanding key differences. Journals in two of the four quadrants of the map exemplify sustainable conditions, while the other two quadrants raise concerns about long-term stability. These concerns include limited funding leading to a lack of division of labor and an excessive burden on highly committed members. These findings underscore the need for the development of more sustainable funding models to ensure the success of Diamond OA journals.

Aditya Shankar Narayanan, Dheeraj Vagavolu, Nancy A Day et al.

Diversity with respect to ethnicity and gender has been studied in open-source and industrial settings for software development. Publication avenues such as academic conferences and journals contribute to the growing technology industry. However, there have been very few diversity-related studies conducted in the context of academia. In this paper, we study the ethnic, gender, and geographical diversity of the authors published in Software Engineering conferences and journals. We provide a systematic quantitative analysis of the diversity of publications and organizing and program committees of three top conferences and two top journals in Software Engineering, which indicates the existence of bias and entry barriers towards authors and committee members belonging to certain ethnicities, gender, and/or geographical locations in Software Engineering conferences and journal publications. For our study, we analyse publication (accepted authors) and committee data (Program and Organizing committee/ Journal Editorial Board) from the conferences ICSE, FSE, and ASE and the journals IEEE TSE and ACM TOSEM from 2010 to 2022. The analysis of the data shows that across participants and committee members, there are some communities that are consistently significantly lower in representation, for example, publications from countries in Africa, South America, and Oceania. However, a correlation study between the diversity of the committees and the participants did not yield any conclusive evidence. Furthermore, there is no conclusive evidence that papers with White authors or male authors were more likely to be cited. Finally, we see an improvement in the ethnic diversity of the authors over the years 2010-2022 but not in gender or geographical diversity.

Xinyi Chen

The evolving landscape of open access (OA) journal publishing holds significant importance for policymakers and stakeholders who seek to make informed decisions and develop strategies that foster sustainable growth and advancements in open access initiatives within China. This study addressed the shortcomings of the current journal evaluation system and recognized the necessity of researching the elasticity of annual publication capacity (PUB) in relation to the Journal Impact Factor (JIF). By constructing an economic model of elasticity, a comparative analysis of the characteristics and dynamics of international OA journals from China and overseas was conducted. The analysis categorized OA journals based on their respective elasticity values and provided specific recommendations tailored to each category. These recommendations offer valuable insights into the development and growth potential of both OA journals from China and overseas. Moreover, the findings underscore the importance of strategic decision-making to strike a balance between quantity and quality in OA journal management. By comprehending the dynamic nature of elasticity, China can enhance its OA journal landscape, effectively meet the academic demand from domestic researchers, minimize the outflow of OA publications to overseas markets, and fortify its position within the global scholarly community.

Kenta Iida, Hitoshi Kiya

In this paper, we propose a novel content-based image-retrieval scheme that allows us to use a mixture of plain images and compressible encrypted ones called "encryption-then-compression (EtC) images." In the proposed scheme, extended SIMPLE descriptors are extracted from EtC images as well as from plain ones, so the mixed use of plain and encrypted images is available for image retrieval. In an experiment, the proposed scheme was demonstrated to have almost the same retrieval performance as that for plain images, even with a mixture of plain and encrypted images.

Brian Felipe Keith Norambuena, Tanushree Mitra, Chris North

Social movements are dominated by storytelling, as narratives play a key role in how communities involved in these movements shape their identities. Thus, recognizing the accepted narratives of different communities is central to understanding social movements. In this context, journalists face the challenge of making sense of these emerging narratives in social media when they seek to report social protests. Thus, they would benefit from support tools that allow them to identify and explore such narratives. In this work, we propose a narrative extraction algorithm from social media that incorporates the concept of community acceptance. Using our method, we study the 2021 Cuban protests and characterize five relevant communities. The extracted narratives differ in both structure and content across communities. Our work has implications in the study of social movements, intelligence analysis, computational journalism, and misinformation research.

Lorena Marisol Retegui

This article aims to present a debate over the increasingly complex and widespread use of measurement indicators and performance of digital content in the journalistic industry, considering the case study of La Nación, one of the leading news institutions in Argentina. The paper reconstructs the introduction and architecture of metrics measurement in the newsroom of La Nación, and the journalists’ perceptions and experiences regarding these organizational changes. The focus will be on the adoption of the Score, an algorithmic metric developed in-house at La Nación, designed with journalistic input and eventually modified to include economic factors. The findings confirming the tensions between professional and commercial logics produced by adopting digital metrics in the newsroom; and suggesting that journalists experiences metrics as strong disciplining influence. All this is involved in an uncertain context implicating the financing of Argentinean digital media along with the decline in the traditional journalistic business model.

Julian Posada, Nicholas Weller, Wendy H. Wong

How should we understand the social and political effects of the datafication of human life? This paper argues that the effects of data should be understood as a constitutive shift in social and political relations. We explore how datafication, or quantification of human and non-human factors into binary code, affects the identity of individuals and groups. This fundamental shift goes beyond economic and ethical concerns, which has been the focus of other efforts to explore the effects of datafication and AI. We highlight that technologies such as datafication and AI (and previously, the printing press) both disrupted extant power arrangements, leading to decentralization, and triggered a recentralization of power by new actors better adapted to leveraging the new technology. We use the analogy of the printing press to provide a framework for understanding constitutive change. The printing press example gives us more clarity on 1) what can happen when the medium of communication drastically alters how information is communicated and stored; 2) the shift in power from state to private actors; and 3) the tension of simultaneously connecting individuals while driving them towards narrower communities through algorithmic analyses of data.

Manolis Antonoyiannakis

We study how publicity in the science press, in the form of highlighting, affects the citations of research papers. Using multiple linear regression, we quantify the citation advantage associated with several highlighting platforms for papers published in Physical Review Letters (PRL) from 2008-2018. We thus find that the strongest predictor of citation accrual is a Viewpoint in Physics magazine, followed by a Research Highlight in Nature, an Editors' Suggestion in PRL, and a Research Highlight in Nature Physics. A similar hierarchical pattern is found when we search for extreme, not average, citation accrual, in the form a paper being listed among the top-1% cited papers in physics by Clarivate Analytics. The citation advantage of each highlighting platform is stratified according to the degree of vetting for importance that the manuscript received during peer review. This implies that we can view highlighting platforms as predictors of citation accrual, with varying degrees of strength that mirror each platform's vetting level.

Elios Mendieta Rodríguez

Ficha técnica: Cristina Espinosa Manzano, Luis Deltell Escolar y Emilio C. García Fernández Editorial Fragua Madrid, 2020 243 pp. ISBN: 978-84-7074-864-6

Federica Baccini, Lucio Barabesi, Alberto Baccini et al.

This paper explores intellectual and social proximity among scholarly journals by using network fusion techniques. Similarities among journals are initially represented by means of a three-layer network based on co-citations, common authors and common editors. The information contained in the three layers is then combined by building a fused similarity network. The fusion consists in an unsupervised process that exploits the structural properties of the layers. Subsequently, partial distance correlations are adopted for measuring the contribution of each layer to the structure of the fused network. Finally, the community morphology of the fused network is explored by using modularity. In the three fields considered (i.e. economics, information and library sciences and statistics) the major contribution to the structure of the fused network arises from editors. This result suggests that the role of editors as gatekeepers of journals is the most relevant in defining the boundaries of scholarly communities. In information and library sciences and statistics, the clusters of journals reflect sub-field specializations. In economics, clusters of journals appear to be better interpreted in terms of alternative methodological approaches. Thus, the graphs representing the clusters of journals in the fused network are powerful instruments for exploring research fields.

Vivek Kumar Singh, Prashasti Singh, Mousumi Karmakar et al.

Traditionally, Web of Science and Scopus have been the two most widely used databases for bibliometric analyses. However, during the last few years some new scholarly databases, such as Dimensions, have come up. Several previous studies have compared different databases, either through a direct comparison of article coverage or by comparing the citations across the databases. This article attempts to compare the journal coverage of the three databases: Web of Science, Scopus and Dimensions. The most recent master journal lists of the three databases have been used for the purpose of identifying the overlapping and unique journals covered in the databases. The results indicate that the databases have significantly different journal coverage, with the Web of Science being most selective and Dimensions being the most exhaustive. About 99.11% and 96.61% of the journals indexed in Web of Science are also indexed in Scopus and Dimensions, respectively. Scopus has 96.42% of its indexed journals also covered by Dimensions. Dimensions database has the most exhaustive coverage, with 82.22% more journals covered as compared to Web of Science and 48.17% more journals covered as compared to Scopus. We also analysed the research outputs for 20 highly productive countries for the 2010-2019 period, as indexed in the three databases, and identified database-induced variations in research output volume, rank and global share of different countries. In addition to variations in overall coverage of research output from different countries, the three databases appear to have differential coverage of different disciplines.

Angelos-Christos Anadiotis, Oana Balalau, Catarina Conceicao et al.

Digital data is a gold mine for modern journalism. However, datasets which interest journalists are extremely heterogeneous, ranging from highly structured (relational databases), semi-structured (JSON, XML, HTML), graphs (e.g., RDF), and text. Journalists (and other classes of users lacking advanced IT expertise, such as most non-governmental-organizations, or small public administrations) need to be able to make sense of such heterogeneous corpora, even if they lack the ability to define and deploy custom extract-transform-load workflows, especially for dynamically varying sets of data sources. We describe a complete approach for integrating dynamic sets of heterogeneous datasets along the lines described above: the challenges we faced to make such graphs useful, allow their integration to scale, and the solutions we proposed for these problems. Our approach is implemented within the ConnectionLens system; we validate it through a set of experiments.

Keziban Orbay, Ruben Miranda, Metin Orbay

This study aims to provide information about the Q Concept defined as the division of journal impact factors into quartiles based on given field categories so that the disadvantages resulting from the direct use of journal impact factors can be eliminated. While the number of "Original articles published in the Web of Science (WoS) database-indexed journals like SCI, SSCI and A&HCI" is an important indicator for research assessment in Turkey, neither the journal impact factors nor the Q Concept of these papers have been taken into account. Present study analyzes the scientific production of the Amasya University researchers in journals indexed in WoS database in the period 2014-2018 using the Q concept. The share of publications by Q category journals as well as the average citations received by the works from Amasya University were compared to the average situation in Turkey and other different countries in the world. Results indicate that the articles published by Amasya University researchers were mostly published in low impact factor journals (Q4 journals) (36.49%), in fact, only a small share of papers were published in high impact journals (14.32% in Q1 journals). The share of papers published in low impact journals by researchers from Amasya University is higher than the Turkish average and much higher than the scientific leading countries. The average citations received by papers published in Q1 journals was around six times higher than papers published in Q4 journals (8.92 vs. 1.56), thus papers published in Q1 journals received 30.02% citations despite only 14.32% of the papers was published in these journals. The share of papers published which were never cited in WoS was 27.48%, increasing from 9.68% in Q1 to almost half (48.10%) in Q4. The study concludes with some suggestions on how and where the Q Concept can be used.

Enderhan Karakoç, Onur Taydaş

Bireylerin zamanlarının büyük bir kısmını kitle iletişim araçlarıyla geçirdikleri bilindiği için, kitle iletişim araçlarına ayırdıkları zamanın onların hayatlarını ne yönde etkilediğini konu edinen araştırmalar literatürde fazlasıyla bulunmaktadır. Son zamanlarda ise bu araştırmalara ek olarak bireylerin sosyal medyaya ayırdıkları zamanı ve bu zamanın bireylerin yaşantısına etkisi de yeni yeni incelenmeye başlanmıştır. Bu konuyla ilgili literatüre bakıldığında sıklıkla bireylerin sosyal medyada geçirdikleri zamanın ne derece etkili olduğu, ne kadar süreyi sosyal ağlara ayırdıkları ya da sosyal ağları neden bu kadar sık kullandıkları ayrı ayrı sorgulanmaktadır. Bilindiği üzere sosyal ağlarda insanların diğer insanları takip etmelerinin temel amaçlarından birisi bir şeylerden haberdar olmaktır. Fakat aynı zamanda aynı bireyler sosyal ağları oyunlar oynamak içinde kullanmaktadır. Üyelerine farklı sebepler sunmanın yolunu arayan sosyal ağlar eğlence özelinde sundukları bu oyunlar ile isteklerine ulaşmış bulunmaktadır. Bireylerin başlıca sosyal ağlarda neden oyun oynamayı tercih ettiklerini anlamaya yönelik hazırlanan bu çalışmada bireylerin, sanal dünyada üretim yapmayı neden tercih ettikleri, boş zamanlarını neden bu oyunla geçirdikleri incelenmiştir. Sanal üretim, sanal dağıtım ve sanal tüketim üzerine kurulu mantığıyla dünyada en fazla oynanan oyunlardan birisi olan FarmVille bu kapsamda çalışma için seçilmiş, bu oyunu oynayanlar çalışmanın eksenine dahil edilmiştir. Ayrıca çalışmada ölçme aracı olarak ankete başvurulmuştur. Araştırmaya katılan bireylerin, FarmVille oyununu oynadıkları zamanlar incelendiğinde katılımcılardan erkek ve kadınların yaklaşık %80’ninin günlük iki saatlerini bu oyuna ayırdıkları belirlenmiştir. Dolayısıyla modern insanın en büyük sorunu olarak dile getirilen zamanın belli bir kısmının oyunlarda geçirilmesi, bireylerin rahatlamaya ve sorumluklardan, sorunlardan kaçmaya ne kadar ihtiyaç duyduklarını göstermektedir. Araştırmada elde edilen sonuçlar kısaca değerlendirildiğinde; katılımcıların çoğunlukla sosyalleşme, boş zaman değerlendirme, rahatlama, sorunlardan ve sorumluklardan kaçma gibi sebeplerle oyunu tercih ettikleri görülmüştür.

Daiana Sigiliano, Gabriela Borges

Alfabetismo transmedia: un análisis de la repercusión de las estrategias transmedia de The X-Files Transmedia literacy: uma análise do impacto das estratégias transmídiado Arquivo X Based on the theoretical framework that transmedia literacy encourages public participation and critical understanding of fictional universes, for example, when navigating different platforms, correlating to the transmedia strategies with the main media, the interacting agent performs an attentive or polysemic reading of the fictional universe; this paper aims to analyze a number of Twitter posts made by interacting audience members of The X-Files during the launch of transmedia actions regarding the show’s 10th season. In this context, the tweets will help us to reflect on the concept of transmedia literacy and how it stimulates the public’s multilateralism. The conclusion is that transmedia action encourages learning through collaboration and critical understanding. To reference this article / para citar este artículo / para citar este artigo Sigiliano, D. & Borges, G. (2019). Transmedia Literacy: Analyzing the Impact of The X-Files Transmedia Strategies. Palabra Clave, 22(2), e2223. DOI:  10.5294/pacla.2019.22.2.3 Received: 02/02/2018 Accepted: 31/05/2018

Aravind Sesagiri Raamkumar, Mojisola Erdt, Harsha Vijayakumar et al.

This paper investigates the Twitter interaction patterns of journals from the Science Citation Index (SCI) of Master Journal List (MJL). A total of 953,253 tweets extracted from 857 journal accounts, were analyzed in this study. Findings indicate that SCI journals interacted more with each other but much less with journals from other citation indices. The network structure of the communication graph resembled a tight crowd network, with Nature journals playing a major part. Information sources such as news portals and scientific organizations were mentioned more in tweets, than academic journal Twitter accounts. Journals with high journal impact factors (JIFs) were found to be prominent hubs in the communication graph. Differences were found between the Twitter usage of SCI journals with Humanities and Social Sciences (HSS) journals.