Análisis de la cobertura de la Wikipedia en la prensa hispanohablante entre los años 2013 y 2023

Juan-José Boté-Vericad

doi:10.26441/RC24.1-2025-3726

Authors

Juan-José Boté-Vericad Universidad de Barcelona https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9815-6190

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.26441/RC24.1-2025-3726

Keywords:

Encyclopaedias, Press and Spanish Language, News Coverage, Communication Theory, Data Analysis, Trend Analysis, Content Analysis, Virtual Communities, Gender Equality, Lexical Analysis

Abstract

This article analyses Wikipedia’s coverage in news from Spanish-speaking digital media. Framing Theory is used to examine how media outlets present Wikipedia in their article headlines. A total of 652 news articles were analyzed from the Factiva database between the years 2013 and 2023. Various analyses were conducted, including the distribution and temporal trends of the news, word frequency and heatmaps, the Latent Dirichlet Allocation (LDA) algorithm, and word co-occurrence in content and headlines. Natural language processing and machine learning techniques were applied for topic analysis. The results show that Spanish media has published the most about Wikipedia, with increased coverage during global events such as the COVID-19 pandemic and the Ukraine conflict. Controversies related to the biographies of public figures, particularly politicians, are also highlighted during key moments. Furthermore, the analysis reveals a gender bias, with women participating less in Wikipedia editing and content related to them being more frequently deleted. The study concludes that there is a need to promote greater diversity within the editing community and to implement further measures to mitigate biases on the platform.

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Author Biography

Juan-José Boté-Vericad, Universidad de Barcelona

Doctor en Información y Documentación por la Universidad de Barcelona en España y Doctor en Lingüística y Ciencias de la Información por la Universidad de Hildesheim en Alemania. Es profesor del departamento de Biblioteconomía, Documentación y Comunicación Audiovisual en la Universidad de Barcelona. Sus líneas de investigación incluyen el comportamiento ante la información y la ciencia abierta. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9815-6190, juanjo.botev@ub.edu

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