ICT, in the generation of journalistic content in Venezuela

Abstract

The present study describes to the technological capacity of the journalists in Venezuela in the generation of contents for paper and digital media. The work is based on the theoretical postulates on the Society of the Information and the Knowledge of Manuel Castell, in the theory of the technological innovation, from its category technological capacity, and in the studies made on the Publishing Systems and their application in social mass media. In this descriptive investigation a questionnaire was applied in line, using like interphase the electronic mail. The main findings indicate that most of the journalists whom the TIC uses it report a superficial knowledge of the technological tools due to the deficiency of formal processes of technological learning.