Maintaining the loyalty of active audiences

the NYT online reader participation policy

Authors

  • Keyse Caldeira de Aquino Macedo Universidade Federal do Paraná (UFPR), Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil, keysecaldeira@gmail.com. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9926-9784
  • José Carlos Fernandes Universidade Federal do Paraná (UFPR), Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil, zeca@ufpr.br

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5216/ci.v27.80087

Keywords:

Digital journalism, Participation policy, Moderation, Comments

Abstract

This article analyzes the participation policy guidelines for the online community of readers of one of the largest newspapers in the world (Molina, 2008), The New York Times (NYT). The focus of the research is to understand how participation policies define strategies to maintain the loyalty of active audiences, in a scenario of crisis of trust in journalistic institutions. We opted for the theoretical-methodological approach of Thompson's depth hermeneutics (2011), which is divided into three phases: analysis of the socio-historical context of the object; content analysis; and interpretation. The analysis highlight the NYT's trajectory in encouraging reader engagement and loyalty.

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Author Biographies

Keyse Caldeira de Aquino Macedo, Universidade Federal do Paraná (UFPR), Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil, keysecaldeira@gmail.com.

PhD candidate and master in Communication from the Federal University of Paraná. Graduated in Social Communication – Journalism from the Pontifical Catholic University of Paraná; specialist in Political Sociology, International Relations from UFPR and in Philosophy and Human Rights from PUCPR.

José Carlos Fernandes, Universidade Federal do Paraná (UFPR), Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil, zeca@ufpr.br

Journalist. PhD in Literary Studies from UFPR. Professor at the Department of Communication and the Postgraduate Program in Communication at UFPR. Vice leader of the Click Research Group – Communication and Cyber ​​Culture.

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Published

2024-11-07

How to Cite

MACEDO, K. C. de A.; FERNANDES, J. C. Maintaining the loyalty of active audiences: the NYT online reader participation policy. Comunicação & Informação, Goiânia, Goiás, v. 27, p. 91–113, 2024. DOI: 10.5216/ci.v27.80087. Disponível em: https://revistas.ufg.br/ci/article/view/80087. Acesso em: 17 nov. 2024.