Resumen

ECHEVERRIA, Martín  y  CHAVEZ CASTANEDA, Mariana. Old Trends in New Media: Partisan Bias and Superficiality in the Mexican Digital Press. Rev. mex. opinión pública [online]. 2025, n.38, pp.135-160.  Epub 23-Jun-2025. ISSN 2448-4911.  https://doi.org/110.22201/fcpys.24484911e.2025.38.86150.

The advent of digital journalism led its early analysts to believe that its technological and economic potential could help overcome limitations in journalistic autonomy-a prominent issue in Mexico, a country with entrenched practices of clientelism, biased reporting, and officialdom. To explore the possibility of less politically biased performance and richer informational content, we conducted a comparative analysis between traditional and digital-native media, examining 281 digital news articles about the 2021 federal elections, published in 117 outlets. In addition to comparing the performance of both types of media, we correlated the level of corruption in the states where these outlets are based, as a proxy for clientelism, with their degree of bias. Our findings reveal that digital media, rather than mitigating these issues, intensifies the previously described traits and fails to provide substantive coverage that enriches voters with the information needed to fulfill their civic role.

Palabras llave : Digital journalism; electoral campaigns; coverage; clientelism; informative bias; mediated deliberation.

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