Hemerography is one of the branches of the communication sciences that aims to collect the most outstanding characteristics of a publication found in a newspaper, magazine or any printed medium. The information extracted is marked to remain the same, that is, it is not altered in any way, therefore, the purpose of carrying out this process is to analyze it in detail. In a traditional way, hemerography is used for different purposes, especially to prepare small reports on the type of information that the publishing house is in charge of or to prepare a small summary of a specific news item, which is important for those who decide to analyze it..
An element closely related to hemerography is the elaboration of hemerographic cards, which are to give a brief description of a newspaper or magazine, used for research work. There are many details that are highlighted, which would serve as a source of information to add content when writing the final report. However, there are a series of rules that regulate its production, such as including the name of the newspaper, its director, the country of origin, the date the chosen edition was published and the number of pages it contained.
Similarly, these data may vary if it is an article as such, becoming the name of the author, the title of the article, the name of the newspaper, the country of origin, date of publication and the number of pages it covers. the writing. After having specified all the above, a summary would be made with the most important thing that the text contains.
