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Since 2010, journalists started their path as pilots of small radio-controlled aircrafts. These drones are creating new perspectives for news reporting and allowing humans to reach places they never could. This technology has led to new opportunities and constraints for reporters, audiences, lawmakers, and scholars. In addition, each region provides different prospects for the deployment of drone journalism. This dissertation addresses the circumstances in Ecuador to adopt this activity and analyses the different limitations and expectations, regarding technicalities, legislations, ethical issues, and journalists’ perceptions

News Media companies and journalists have seen their role changed with the rise of a new type of social organisation: the Information Society. The rapid evolution of digital resources transform how audiences respond and interact with new data, faster local and worldwide news. This research reading paper seeks to analyse that hasty change in some media companies in United Kingdom (BBC, The Scotsman), Ecuador (El Comercio), China and USA (The New York Times) in particular, but also will study the implications of the evolution in media from traditional to digital in a wider level. The intention of this research work is to cover some successes, failures, and corrections that traditional media had to face in order to find a place within the information society.

This paper will identify personal and social behaviours that affect the level of engagement an individual -as part of an audience- could develop towards a traditional or a digital platform. In order to accomplish this main objective, three different approaches should be designed to obtain (1) a theoretical framework, (2) a behaviour understanding, and (3) a user profile.

The present paper seeks to analyse and compare legal constraints regarding the usage of drones within journalism activities in Andean Community countries (Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia). The main objective is to understand the actuality of this activity in a particular geographic area in order to visualize how this branch of civil aviation has generated specific regulation in those countries. Another goal is to note how this activity has gained supporters in the past years, specially within newsrooms; on the other hand, this research discusses the ethical implications of " Robot eye-witnessing " , regarding the juxtaposition between freedom of speech and non-controlled surveillance among civilians. To accomplish this, the proposal of some scholars, regarding types of control for those aircrafts is reviewed in order to compare this to the current legislation of 4 Andean countries. This typification are the standpoint of analysis, based on current civil aviation laws, examples of drone journalism in each country, and finally, a comparison to US drone regulations, the epitome of countries with civilian uses of drones. Given that this type of journalism can be considered a novel branch of news reporting, some definitions and concepts are collated to determine a framework on drone journalism, especially in South America. For this, some scholars are addressed from different areas of knowledge such as Journalism, War Studies, Sociology, Artificial Intelligence, among others. The main conclusion of this paper is to determine the importance of formal regulations (opposed to natural controls, generic laws, and soft regulatory forms) and its suitability to normalise the use of drones for professional purposes. Some other expectation is establishing a permanent discussion about the use of technology and its influence on the development of new journalism.

This article reviews the use of drones for news coverage after the earthquake in the coast of Ecuador in 2016. It seeks to find newswhorty elements in videos published by international news agencies and to discover, within these elements, the journalistic roles, the gratifications that audiences could obtain and the legal and ethical implications that this type of coverage entails. The Ecuadorian legislation on drones is explained within the analysis and, some legal loopholes that allow the use of these devices will be displayed. The study aims to be a meeting point between the goals of information professionals and the expectations of their audiences. The cohesion of these two perspectives is made in order to take steps towards a clearer definition of newsworthiness in drone journalism.

Los drones permiten a los periodistas alcanzar más lugares y distintas perspectivas. Sin embargo, para ir más allá de lo técnico y estético es necesario empezar a definir cuándo un uso de estos aparatos compete a un fin periodístico. El capítulo busca tender puentes entre la conformación de la labor periodística y la utilización de las naves a control remoto no tripuladas.

El perfil de los periodistas y sus competencias se pueden revisar a la luz de los avances que la tecnología digital ha introducido en la profesión. El presente trabajo se plantea encontrar un modelo de construcción de las competencias y metacompetencias que lidien con elementos cognitivos, personales, sociales y éticos. Sobre el mapa de estas habilidades, se colocarán las visiones de estudiosos de la cultura digital, así como académicos relacionados con el ciberperiodismo. El objetivo será encontrar un mejor entendimiento y una visión fresca sobre las áreas que deben repensarse en la formación y reflexión de los perfiles de los profesionales de la información en el presente y frente a los cambios venideros.

Las intervenciones de los políticos en Twitter son medios con importancia para conocer cómo se complementa el discurso. La elección de alcalde de Quito 2019 presenta una oportunidad interesante para analizar cómo se construye ese entre la agenda política y la agenda mediática. Estas dos agendas, se cruzan-en una perspectiva multimodal-a partir de cómo los políticos crean discurso (teorías de la propiedad y prominencia de las cuestiones) y cómo los medios lo hacen. (Yunda, Maldonado, Moncayo y Montúfar). El trabajo, a partir de una revisión a y comparaciones en las temáticas trascendentales y comunes. Los hallazgos

Since 2010, journalists started their path as pilots of small radio-controlled aircrafts. These drones are creating new perspectives for news reporting and allowing humans to reach places they never could. This technology has led to new opportunities and constraints for reporters, audiences, lawmakers, and scholars. In addition, each region provides different prospects for the deployment of drone journalism. This dissertation addresses the circumstances in Ecuador to adopt this activity and analyses the different limitations and expectations, regarding technicalities, legislations, ethical issues, and journalists� perceptions.

Desde el punto de vista del usuario final, la llegada de la Inteligencia Artificial (IA) se asocia con una mayor eficiencia y productividad en cualquier actividad profesional. Sin embargo, la conexión o desconexión que pueden experimentar los recursos humanos en relación con las máquinas ha dado lugar a un interesante debate sobre la realidad de la IA en el lugar de trabajo. Este artículo explora la ausencia de límites en los roles profesionales y cómo la confusión, el estrés, el tecnoestrés e incluso el aburrimiento son resultado de las actividades que los humanos se sienten relegados a realizar. A partir de una revisión de la literatura sobre Inteligencia Artificial en el lugar de trabajo, esta investigación plantea la generación y comprensión de competencias laborales y la adaptabilidad como medidas necesarias en el lugar de trabajo. Asimismo, también se plantean perspectivas de revisión y futuras acciones para las organizaciones. La sobrecarga laboral y la calidad del trabajo so...