From the Street to the Screen: Coverage of the October 2019 Protests in Ecuador Through Instagram

Abstract

This research analyzed the coverage of the October 2019 national strike in Ecuador by GK and La Posta, two digital native media, on their Instagram accounts. Through a qualitative and quantitative study, it was found that they adapted their content to be independent and informative. The formats that Instagram offers are friendly to digital media and played a key role in how these covered this social fact