Information curation with author's mark
analysis of independent newsletters
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https://doi.org/10.54886/ibersid.v16i1.4799Keywords:
Content curation, information curation, newsletters, e-mail, information sources, digital informationAbstract
The first existing academic study in the literature on content curation carried out by independent newsletters that do not belong to a media outlet or a company is presented. An analysis sample of ten Spanish independent newsletters has been selected, based on the consultation of 15 experts. The analysis has been carried out using a double methodology: on the one hand, an evaluative study of the quality of the curation of the newsletters, following the CAS system, Curation Analysis System (Guallar et al., 2021b) that is based on a series of parameters and indicators grouped under the Content and Curation dimensions, and on the other, a questionnaire sent to editors, with a 100% response rate. The results are discussed with the previous literature and a series of conclusions are presented, highlighting the identification of the characteristics of the typical independent newsletter in Spain: among others, it is a free newsletter, it has an author signature, it presents around 30 curated contents, It has a weekly periodicity and thematic specialization, it curates contents from the last few days with the Summarize technique, the contents come from web pages and the media and it uses their links to Describe the content.
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