Abstract

KARBAUM-PADILLA, Gerardo. Technological innovation and hybridizations in the audiovisual language of Peruvian newscasts during the Covid-19 pandemic. Universitas [online]. 2022, n.37, pp.75-99. ISSN 1390-8634.  https://doi.org/10.17163/uni.n37.2022.03.

The arrival of Covid-19 imposed many difficulties for the execution of television journalism. The widespread health hazard and the social distancing rules applied became defining factors in this situation. In this adverse context, this research aims to study the technological and procedural innovations that journalists applied to continue reporting, and that resulted in the transformation of audiovisual language in newscasts. The objective is to recognize the changes that were applied in the production of images and sounds during this stage, which affected audiovisual creation on a global scale. For this purpose, the qualitative approach was used, it is a basic and descriptive research in which the analytical method was applied, and semi-structured interviews were conducted to Peruvian television journalists. The results allowed us to recognize the reconfiguration of the audiovisual frame where the images of the informative content changed due to the use of a hybrid of television cameras, video calls and cell phones to record them. It was also recognized that the intensive and conjunctural use of live dispatches caused the predominance of the sequence shot during this period, in addition, all this diversity of materials was homogenized through post-production. This allows us to conclude that a new stage of hybridization of audiovisual discourse has occurred due to a phenomenon extrinsic to the television sphere, which was caused by the disruptive appearance of the pandemic.

Keywords : Journalism; audiovisual language; hybridization; innovation; framing; post-production; televisión.

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