Who speaks about human trafficking?: Information sources in the digital press

Abstract

The general objective is to describe the main characteristics of the information sources used for the coverage of human trafficking in three Spanish digital newspapers and their evolution. To this end, we describe the sources, their nature, origin, mode of attribution, and their relationship with the subject matter and the media. Based on a content analysis, the results of this study show the predominance of physical sources over documentary sources, specifically, institutional sources dominate the agendas. It is also found that some quality criteria, such as the plurality of sources, are not met.