The news on the screen rioplatense: analysis of the structure of the newscasts in Uruguay and Argentina

Abstract

This paper presents the results of research conducted in the Masters in Journalism at the Federal University of Santa Catarina, Brazil, in 2009. The research is based on a multiple case study, two newscasts from countries of the Rio de la Plata: Telemundo Central Edition of Teledoce, of Uruguay, and Telenueve 2nd Edition, Channel 9, Argentina. The study is based on a notion of structure and spatiotemporal organization, the journalistic product and its production process. The first stage involved the survey of the elements of a newscast, divided into three main groups: elements editing, language elements and actors. The second pursued the aim to dissect the structure of the product, from a macro perspective (analyzing elements of publication) and a micro view (analyzing the elements of language). Finally, to explain the structure of the products and starting from the idea that the news is the result of a process of production, selection and conversion of a raw material - the facts-, was also performed, an observation of the production process (applying the methodology newsmaking) and interviews with some of the team professionals each newscasts.