The educative dimension as a new value added in the journalistic portals

Abstract

This article analyses the recent educational aspects which are present in journalistic portals. These sites are the most visited in the web and the differences in their offer are marked by the development of value added services. These services begin to add social software technology, typical of the Web 2.0. One of their applications, still in a low level of development, is the promotion of educational and cultural activities. Although we can find interesting examples in the field of linguistic instruction and cultural education at an international level, their level of development in Spain is still very poor. However, the latent affinity between mass media and the publishing sector—together with the fidelity of their users—augurs very interesting and promising perspectives to this field of research and development.