Abstract
This paper reports on the mediation of the press and the agenda-setting during the 2011 autonomic elections campaign held in the Region of Murcia (Spain). From the classical theory of journalistic genres, we apply content analysis to every single news story related to the campaign published on the front page and the inside pages of two regional newspapers (La Opinion and La Verdad of Murcia), looking for indicators that define the coverage of both media outlets. Our analysis reveals that media simply transferred the proposals from the candidates to the readers, but silenced the issues of greatest concern to citizens, according to polls. In addition, the lack of interpretive genre stories, that would have add context and enriched the debate with alternative issues emerged from the journalist’s initiative, shows that the news coverage of the election campaign by these newspapers didn’t help to alleviate the discontent that civil society has expressed through movements like 15M.
Highlights
This paper reports on the mediation of the press and the agendasetting during the 2011 autonomic elec tions campaign held in the Region of Murcia (Spain)
Our analysis reveals that media simply transferred the proposals from the candidates to the readers, but silenced the issues of greatest concern to citizens, ac cording to polls
Una cobertura domi nada por el discurso político
Summary
Referencia normalizada ARROYAS LANGA, Enrique; PÉREZ DÍAZ, Pedro Luis y BERNÁ SICILIA, Celia (2012): “Del des contexto al descontento: agenda y discurso de la prensa durante las elecciones autonómicas en la Región de Murcia (2011)”. Servicio de Publicaciones de la Universidad Complutense.
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