“¿BRECHA DE LAS NOTICIAS?”. UNA COMPARACIÓN DE LA OFERTA Y EL CONSUMO DE CONTENIDOS EN NACION.COM Y CRHOY.COM

Abstract

This article analyzes the news produced by two online media organizations, Nacion.com and CRHoy.com, during May of 2017. Through a content analysis of the news offered and of the most read daily news on these websites, this paper highlights the media agenda and its level of correspondence with consumers/citizens interests. Results show a relative similarity between the supply and demand of news regarding non-public matters, in both media. Based upon these findings, this paper challenges the notion of “news gap” and suggests that the lack of interest in public affairs in Costa Rica is more structural than episodic.