Models de participació de les audiències en mitjans digitals catalans: anàlisi de La Vanguardia, El Periódico, Vilaweb i 3cat24

Abstract

Models of audience participation in Catalan news sites: analysis of La Vanguardia, El Periódico, Vilaweb and 3cat24. This article aims to present different models of audience participation in informative (journalistic) websites. We report on the cases of La Vanguardia, El Periódico, Vilaweb and 3cat24, all within the Catalan media field. Firstly, we analysed the participation mechanism used by each of the news sites. Subsequently, we interviewed the online editors or the community managers in order to complete the data obtained from interviewee opinions and to assess the motivation behind opening their websites to audience participation and their observations regarding the benefits of participation.