How many screens does it take to create a news story? Newsmaking in platformed digital journalism
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Newsmaking, Big Brother Brasil, Folha de S.Paulo, Platformization, Third ScreenAbstract
This article, the result of broader research, aims to identify and analyze the characteristics of platformization in news production in the digital environment. Its empirical focus is Folha de S.Paulo's coverage of Big Brother Brasil. It encompasses bibliographic research, a survey of 296 articles with a qualitative focus on eight, and interviews with five Folha journalists. The results indicate Twitter/X as a constituent of the coverage, with heavy use of trending topics, keyword searches, monitoring of participant profiles, and pages dedicated to content about the program, and the application of embeds. We also identified a platformized agenda meeting and a journalistic production in which the third screen phenomenon emerges. Based on these findings, ethical and editorial quality issues are discussed.
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