Negativity in Political News of Spanish News Media

被引：7

作者：

Berganza Conde, Maria Rosa ^{[1
]}

Arcila Calderon, Carlos ^{[2
]}

de Miguel Pascual, Roberto ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Rey Juan Carlos, Madrid, Spain

[2] Univ Salamanca, E-37008 Salamanca, Spain

来源：

REVISTA LATINA DE COMUNICACION SOCIAL | 2016年 / 71卷 / 02期

关键词：

Political news; citizens; participation; indifference; negativity;

D O I：

10.4185/RLCS-2016-1089

中图分类号：

G2 [信息与知识传播];

学科分类号：

05 ; 0503 ;

摘要：

Introduction: Previous studies link higher degree of negativity in the news to cynicism and indifference of citizens through politics and politicians (theory of Spiral of Cynicism). Methods: We content analysed 563 news pieces of 10 Spanish media (3 newspapers, 2 TV stations and 5 online media). The degree of negativity was measured through index, conformed by indicators of tonality, conflict, incapability and unfavorability, proposed by Leanguer, Esser and Berganza (2012). Results and conclusions: Data confirmed that Spanish media depict political news in a negative way, although levels of negativity were lower than those of other European countries. A higher degree of negativity was found in items related to controversial topics, produced in formats of higher implication, and published by private, print or traditional media.

引用

页码：160 / 178

页数：19

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