Internet and social media in the prevention journalism discourse. A theoretical proposal and main magnitudes

Abstract

In the current metamedia context, there is a need of reflection on journalistic thoughts that display content and discourses for social change. In this regard, Prevention Journalism (PJ) is a trend that, in a pioneering way, has the leading role in a Spanish research on the risk management from the communication field. This study introduces a theoretical basis of this journalistic model and quantifies its presence in the daily press and its main magnitudes. Methodologically, this research -in which were reviewed more than 30.000 informative units extracted from 406 copies of a ample of 12 newspapers-employs a mixed methodology: the content analysis and the HJ Biplot multivariate analysis. Among the key conclusions, we can confirm that the risks linked to new technologies, internet and social media are not still part of the Prevention Journalism discourse.