Andreu Casero-Ripollés
Biographic Data
| ID | 1321054 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Andreu Casero-Ripollés |
| GIVEN NAMES | Andreu |
| FAMILY NAME | Casero-Ripollés |
| SIGNATURE | CASERO-RIPOLLÉS A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Universitat Jaume I |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-6986-4163 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 71 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 252 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 71 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1970 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 9 |
Populist style and negative campaigning on Facebook
In recent decades, the rise of populism across Europe has been marked by its effective use of the digital environment to disseminate messages without boundaries or restrictions. This strategy, which has often proven electorally successful, has led non-populist political actors to adopt similar communicative approaches. This study analyzes the use of populist style and negative campaigning in the digital communication of major Spanish political ac…
Disinformation and emotions in the 2024 European Parliament and US presidential elections
The objective of this research is to comparatively analyze the emotional dimension of disinformation spread during two key electoral processes in 2024: the US presidential elections and the European Parliament elections. A quantitative content analysis was conducted on a sample of 622 cases of false information verified by 52 European agencies in 20 European Union countries and by PolitiFact in the United States. The analytical model assesses the…
The incidence of Covid-19 disinformation among citizens in the U.S., India, Brazil, and Spain
Disinformation has become one of the most substantial problems in modern societies. This research aims to analyze the reception of disinformation shared in digital platforms, its effects on citizens, and the formulas to combat disinformation in the context of COVID-19, as well as the sociodemographic and political factors that determine them. An online survey (n = 2803) was developed for citizens of Spain, the U.S., Brazil, and India. Results sho…
Actors of Disinformation
Disinformation in the political arena poses a serious threat to democracy, especially during electoral periods. These are critical moments when citizens are highly engaged with public discourse—and when disinformation tends to surge. By distorting facts and manipulating narratives, such falsehoods can undermine informed decision-making and erode trust in democratic institutions. Our main objective is to analyze the activity of actors involved in …
Funciones y estrategias comunicativas en X/Twitter de las mujeres políticas iberoamericanas “del cambio”
X (formerly Twitter) is one of the main platforms used in digital political communication due to its ability to spread messages quickly and accessible. This viralizing quality provides greater visibility to alternative social and political agents, allowing them to introduce and promote their own issues, thus generating self-mediation processes. In this context, the presence of women emerges who demand to have their own voice and visibility beyond…
Servicios móviles de mensajería instantánea y participación política
Mobile instant messaging services such as WhatsApp or Telegram have enabled new possibilities for the reconfiguration of democracy. Despite their popularisation, there is still limited research analysing the role of citizenship on these digital platforms in relation to politics. Therefore, our objective is to analyse citizens’ use of mobile instant messaging services for political activity and their perception of these platforms’ thirdusefulness …
Estrategias digitales y nuevas plataformas en campañas electorales
Este estudio analiza las estrategias comunicativas de los partidos con representación parlamentaria en Facebook, Instagram y TikTok durante la campaña de las elecciones autonómicas de la Comunidad Valenciana de 2023. A través de un análisis de contenido de 818 publicaciones, se observa un uso predominante de las redes como canal de difusión de actos electorales. Sin embargo, los mensajes que más interacción generan son los que adoptan el estilo p…
El impacto de los servicios móviles de mensajería instantánea en las percepciones ciudadanas sobre la democracia en España
En los últimos años, la ciudadanía ha recurrido con mayor intensidad a los servicios móviles de mensajería instantánea, como WhatsApp o Telegram, en cuanto herramienta para la comunicación política. La privacidad y la comunicación cercana que los caracterizan los han convertido en un espacio preferente para el público a la hora de informarse, compartir y debatir sobre cuestiones de la vida cotidiana. Sin embargo, a pesar de su popularización, las…
Spreading False Content in Political Campaigns
Electoral campaigns are one of the key moments of democracy. In recent times, the circulation of disinformation has increased during these periods. This phenomenon has serious consequences for democratic health since it can alter the behaviour and decisions of voters. This research aims to analyse the features of this phenomenon during the 2024 European Parliament elections in a comparative way. The applied methodology is based on quantitative co…
El rol de las emociones en la desinformación durante la campaña electoral
This study analyses the use of emotions in disinformation about the 2024 US elections (n=374). To this end, a content análisis was carried out. The findings confirm a strong emotional presence in electoral disinformation (80.7%), particularly in content related to the campaign (56.7%). This strategy is highly prevalent on social media (76.2%), where the main disseminators are anonymous citizens (42.7%). Emotional patterns tend to be predominantly…
La comunicación política hoy
Presentació
Reporting AI in Political Disinformation
Discursos contrahegemónicos en la formación de la opinión pública
La lucha contra el cambio climático se ha convertido en una de las cuestiones principales del debate público en los últimos años. En este contexto, diversos actores pugnan por condicionar la formación de la opinión pública. Entre ellos, sobresalen los influencers que actúan en las plataformas digitales. Nuestro objetivo es analizar las características del discurso contrahegemónico, entendido como aquel que cuestiona el poder y los significados es…
Mobile instant messaging services in the local governments
Mobile instant messaging services such as WhatsApp have become increasingly relevant among citizens in recent years. By a quantitative approach based on a survey (n=1,202), our objective is to find out why citizens use WhatsApp and, to be more specific, why they use the WhatsApp service offered by the city council of the municipality of residence where they live. The results show how age, gender, and the respondents' educational level are related…
El rol de la ciudadanía en la conversación política en X. El caso de la #MocionDeCensura de 2023 en España
El entorno digital se ha convertido es un espacio de conversación desde el que la ciudadanía puede generar y promover el debate en torno a cuestiones de gran relevancia política, dando voz a un colectivo anteriormente silenciado. El objetivo de esta investigación es analizar las dinámicas de participación ciudadana en el entorno digital sobre la Moción de Censura impulsada por Vox celebrada los días 21 y 22 de marzo de 2023. Para ello, se analiza…
Effects of populism
European right-wing populism is a widely studied phenomenon in recent years. At the same time, many fact-checking projects have been launched with the purpose of assessing statements from the most relevant social actors. The role of fact-checkers is growing, but there is scant literature on their agenda. In this study, we investigate the communication strategies on Twitter of European right-wing populist parties and their relationship with the ag…
The Role of News Post Consumption on Facebook in Shaping Youth Perceptions of Safety and Civil Liberties during Covid-19 in the U.S., Spain, and Egypt
News media coverage, regardless of the platform being used, can shape people’s opinions, perceptions, behaviors, and preferences about policy, security, and civil liberties in times of crisis. This study examines the possible cultivation impact of news post exposure on Facebook on shaping threat perception. Furthermore, it aims at exploring the correlation between Facebook news exposure, preferring high security levels, and curbing some civil lib…
The European approach to online disinformation
The COVID-19 health crisis and the invasion of Ukraine have placed disinformation in the focus of European policies. Our aim is to analyze the emerging European policy on counter-disinformation practices and regulations. To do this, we examine developing European Union (EU) strategy, against different forms of fake news, from a multidisciplinary approach that combines Journalism and Geopolitics. Our methodology is based on the critical analysis o…
Capítulo 4. La lucha contra la desinformación en la sociedad post-pandemia
En el contexto de la COVID-19 la ciudadanía ha incrementado sustancialmente su consumo de información, especialmente de aquella relacionada con la pandemia. Las redes sociales han actuado como canales propicios para la circulación de noticias falsas, en un entorno de hibridación mediática. Esto ha convertido a los ciudadanos no sólo en objeto de influencia sino también en potenciales difusores de falsedades sobre el virus. En este escenario, el p…
The appeal to emotions in the discourse of populist political actors from Spain, Italy, France and the United Kingdom on Twitter
Western democracies live a populist impulse. In this context, the consolidation of digital technologies plays a key role due to their possibilities of efficiently spreading messages. This research examines the role that emotions play in the communication strategy on Twitter of populist actors from four European countries: Spain, Italy, France and the United Kingdom. The sample comprises the messages shared by four European political parties: Pode…
Percepciones de la ciudadanía española ante la desinformación en tiempos de la Covid-19
La desinformación se ha convertido en uno de los principales problemas para nuestra sociedad y nuestra democracia. Pese al incremento de investigaciones sobre este tópico, la percepción ciudadana sobre los efectos causados por las noticias falsas y las formas de combatirlas es una cuestión todavía pendiente. Nuestro objetivo es analizar estos dos aspectos en el contexto de la COVID-19 en España y, además, identificar los factores sociodemográfico…
Believe it or not. The role of ideology as a predictor of trust in mainstream and social media during Covid-19
Introduction: The goal of this article is to analyze the extent to which ideology intervenes in citizens' trust in the news that appears in traditional and social media during COVID-19. Methodology: To do this, a quantitative approach based on the online survey technique is used. The questionnaire was launched in July 2021 through the Qualtrics platform and was answered by 2,803 citizens residing in Brazil (726), Spain (682), the United States (6…
Redifundir, movilizar y fragmentar la agenda
Los servicios móviles de mensajería instantánea, particularmente Telegram, se están convirtiendo en una nueva herramienta para los políticos en su comunicación con la ciudadanía. Esta investigación pretende conocer las principales funciones atribuidas a Telegram, las temáticas de los mensajes y los recursos multimedia usados en campaña electoral. Para ello, se opta por un estudio descriptivo con finalidad exploratoria y se ha aplicado un análisis…
Impact of influencers’ Facebook pages in cultivating fear and terror among youths during the Covid-19 pandemic
Many research studies defined news pages that connect users with public affairs as social media influencers. This includes opinion leaders, journalists, media personnel, editors, and political experts. In this sense, news consumption on influencers’ Facebook pages can have the same cultivation impact as consuming news on any offline platform, particularly during times of threat. Within this, we aim to reexamine the cultivation theory in the conte…
Knowledge assessment on the functions of government authorities. Assemblymen, council, prefect, and mayor
Introduction Elections allow citizens to participate in the political process and to choose those candidates they consider suitable to govern their nation. Methods In this context, this research aims to investigate the level of knowledge of Ecuadorians about the authorities, for which a survey was applied to 1,376 inhabitants from different provinces and ages. The survey evaluated knowledge about executive function, mayor and prefect, legislative…
Old and New Media Logics in an Electoral Campaign
In Spain, the 2014 European Elections saw the unexpected rise of a new party Podemos , which obtained five European Parliament seats only three months after its formation. In the Spanish National Elections in December 2015, this party obtained 20.66 percent of the votes, which made it the third biggest party. Our objective was to analyze the old and new elements of Podemos ’ communication and campaign strategies. The methodology followed here use…
Research on political information and social media
The key points of the transformations that social media have generated in the field of political information are identified. Social media consolidation is bringing with it a new, more hybrid communicative environment and a logic based on new principles and operating criteria that affect the entire informative process. Therefore, the impact of digital platforms on the production, distribution, and consumption of political information is examined f…
What do politicians do on Twitter? Functions and communication strategies in the Spanish electoral campaign of 2016
Twitter has been incorporated as an essential tool in the communication strategies of political actors. However, we need to know more about its use. Our objective is to analyze the main functions attributed to Twitter in electoral campaigns. We studied the 2016 election in Spain based on an analysis of quantitative content. The sample consists of 9,042 tweets, published by the four parties that received the most votes and their candidates. The re…
Estrategias y prácticas comunicativas del activismo político en las redes sociales en España
Las redes sociales están introduciendo importantes novedades en los movimientos sociales. El objetivo de este artículo es analizar las estrategias y prácticas comunicativas desplegadas por los activistas políticos en las redes sociales en el contexto español. Para ello, se analizan tres procesos: la automediación, la monitorización de los centros de poder y el establecimiento inverso de la agenda. La metodología se basa en el estudio de caso y la…
Beyond Newspapers
News consumption is undergoing great changes due to the advance of digitisation. In this context, ascertaining the changes in readers’ consumption habits is essential for measuring the scope and effects of digital convergence and the outlook for the future. This article aims to analyse this transformation in the specific case of young people’s relationship with news reporting. The methodology is based on a quantitative survey of people aged betwe…
Periodismo emprendedor. Estrategias para incentivar el autoempleo periodístico como modelo de negocio
El periodismo está en un escenario de reconversión. El impacto de la crisis ha deteriorado las condiciones y expectativas laborales de sus profesionales. En este marco, el emprendimiento se configura como una nueva opción. Los objetivos de este artículo son el análisis de las bases económicas de la industria periodística y de la incidencia del espíritu emprendedor entre del alumnado universitario, por un lado, y el diseño de metodologías docentes…
The Journalists of the Future Meet Entrepreneurial Journalism
Journalism is undergoing a major restructuring reflecting the post-2008 economic crisis and ongoing technological innovation. Much discussion on future job creation is focused on entrepreneurial journalism. Spain is a paradigmatic example of this phenomenon. Between 2008 and 2014, some 454 news media outlets were created in Spain. Yet, the emergence of entrepreneurial journalism raises many questions and challenges that affect all areas of journa…
Producing political content for web 2.0
Social media, or web 2.0, allows citizens to produce content and information. However, not everybody has the same access to these benefits. This causes the emergence of a digital divide and the appearance of vulnerable sectors. We study the effect of education, financial income, and the frequency of technology use on the capacity of citizens to produce political content on social media in Spain. The methodology is based on a secondary analysis of…
Introduction. Political influencers in the digital public sphere

Prensa en internet
The internet is transforming the business model of the press. Free access to online news, increased competition and the crisis of the media sector has reopened the debate on the future of newspapers in the convergence era. The object of this paper it is to examine the basis of the new business models of the press on the Net. The analysis addresses the revenue sources for online information: advertising and sale of the product. The methodology is …
Impacto da Covid-19 nos sistemas de mídia
A Covid-19 é um fenômeno de enorme magnitude e relevância. Seu impacto tem afetado vários domínios sociais, incluindo as mídias e o jornalismo. Desde o início desta crise sanitária, as notícias se tornaram um recurso valioso para os cidadãos. Estudar as dinâmicas de consumo de informação é altamente relevante tanto por sua capacidade de transformar o sistema midiático quanto por seu impacto democrático. O objetivo desta pesquisa é analisar a infl…
The Populist Political Communication Style in Action
Populism is a phenomenon that has been acquiring great relevance over recent years in the United States and Europe. Literature on the subject has identified the existence of a populist style that also affects political communication. The aim of this article is to analyze the structure of issues and the functions of messages circulated by a populist party in order to determine the presence and incidence of this style's main components. The methodo…
Political agenda on Twitter during the 2016 Spanish elections
In recent years, political communication has been marked by an increased use of social media. Platforms such as Twitter have become an essential tool for political actors, especially during electoral campaigns. The aim of this study is to analyse the use of Twitter by Spanish political actors to build their agenda during electoral campaigns. The implementation strategy and users’ responses were also analysed. A quantitative content analysis was c…
Las competencias profesionales en periodismo
The aim of this paper is to analyse which are the formative skills linked to journalism that have worthier value recognition for two groups: students and professionals of the sector. The methodology is based on a quantitative survey. The sample consists of 126 students from different courses of the Journalism Degree at the Universitat Jaume I of Castellón and 30 professionals working in different mass media. Results show that, despite of the cris…
The 15-M Movement and the New Media
The 15-M Movement, driven by mass mobilisations calling for the regeneration of the political system in May 2011, has had a profound impact on Spanish political discourse. This article analyses the changes in news production and distribution resulting from the example set by this social movement. The introduction of news using social media outside the boundaries established by the journalistic and political elites represents an innovative strateg…
The Influence of the Negative Campaign on Facebook
Social media has become an essential platform in the field of digital political communication. In the context of accommodating electoral campaigns to digital media and the absence of barriers to freedom of expression existing on these platforms, attacks on political rivals and negative campaigns are increasing on social media. This research analyzes the use of criticism on Facebook by political actors during the electoral campaign and citizens' r…
University training on entrepreneurship in communication and journalism business projects
The current scenario of crisis and change has prompted the idea of entrepreneurship as a way to develop new media business models that can be promoted by university training. In this study, we aim to assess the effects of such training. A qualitative study was conducted using in-depth interviews of Spanish journalism and communication entrepreneurs who have undergone university training in business creation and management. Our results show the po…
Qué nos hace vulnerables frente las noticias falsas sobre la Covid-19? Una revisión crítica de los factores que condicionan la susceptibilidad a la desinformación
La COVID-19 ha comportado un fuerte incremento de la circulación de noticias falsas, que suponen un peligro potencial para la salud pública. Resulta relevante determinar qué ciudadanos son más vulnerables a este fenómeno y, así, ofrecer elementos para impulsar políticas públicas y campañas de alfabetización digital que prevengan sus consecuencias nocivas. Nuestro objetivo es hacer una revisión crítica de las investigaciones previas que aglutine, …
The Influence of Political Actors in the Digital Public Debate on Twitter About the Negotiations for the Formation of the Government in Spain
Social media has introduced new parameters that can potentially transform the digital political conversation. Traditionally, in the age of mass communication, public debate was dominated by politicians and journalists. However, digital platforms, primarily Twitter, have allowed other social actors to join the political discussion, trying to influence it. The objective of this research is to establish what factors enable the authority and digital …
With or without you
Informal relationships between journalists and politicians have a strategic function in the process of news-making. The aim of this article is to analyse the role of personal affinity between the media and politicians in Spain. This study focuses on the following three specific issues: self-definition of their interactions, degree of influence, and main professional risks and benefits detected. The methodology is based on 45 in-depth interviews (…
Contenidos periodísticos y nuevos modelos de negocio
The digital environment offers new attributes to the production of press content. The strategic use of these tools opens new channels to update the business model in the context of restructuring journalism. The aim of this paper is to evaluate the potential of digital tools from the point of view of young people in order to offer to journalistic companies a guideline for action. The methodology used is based on a quantitative survey carried out a…
The Great Change
Digital media have become an indispensable element of a growing number of human practices that depend on these platforms to a great extent
La información periodística de portada en España
In news coverage, the cover of press reference represents a very important subject of study. From a longitudinal analysis, the aim of this article is to examine the evolution of three crucial journalistic issues: sources management, media agenda composition, and dominant framing type. After analyzing a sample of 800 news, results indicate a progressive increase in the number and diversity of sources; an agenda rather static and traditional; and a…
Effects of populism
European right-wing populism is a widely studied phenomenon in recent years. At the same time, many fact-checking projects have been launched with the purpose of assessing statements from the most relevant social actors. The role of fact-checkers is growing, but there is scant literature on their agenda. In this study, we investigate the communication strategies on Twitter of European right-wing populist parties and their relationship with the ag…
Telegram in campaign
The use of mobile instant messaging platforms has increased in recent years in political communication given the private nature of this form of communication, a trend which has increased during the COVID-19 pandemic. The aim of this research is to know the Telegram usage done by the main political parties within the election campaign. For this purpose, the Catalan election of the 14th of February 2021 are studied with a quantitative content analy…
Political agenda on Twitter during the 2016 Spanish elections
In recent years, political communication has been marked by an increased use of social media. Platforms such as Twitter have become an essential tool for political actors, especially during electoral campaigns. The aim of this study is to analyse the use of Twitter by Spanish political actors to build their agenda during electoral campaigns. The implementation strategy and users’ responses were also analysed. A quantitative content analysis was c…
Transparency in the structure of the Catalan communication system
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Prensa en internet
The internet is transforming the business model of the press. Free access to online news, increased competition and the crisis of the media sector has reopened the debate on the future of newspapers in the convergence era. The object of this paper it is to examine the basis of the new business models of the press on the Net. The analysis addresses the revenue sources for online information: advertising and sale of the product. The methodology is …
Contenidos periodísticos y nuevos modelos de negocio
The digital environment offers new attributes to the production of press content. The strategic use of these tools opens new channels to update the business model in the context of restructuring journalism. The aim of this paper is to evaluate the potential of digital tools from the point of view of young people in order to offer to journalistic companies a guideline for action. The methodology used is based on a quantitative survey carried out a…
Beyond Newspapers
News consumption is undergoing great changes due to the advance of digitisation. In this context, ascertaining the changes in readers’ consumption habits is essential for measuring the scope and effects of digital convergence and the outlook for the future. This article aims to analyse this transformation in the specific case of young people’s relationship with news reporting. The methodology is based on a quantitative survey of people aged betwe…
The 15-M Movement and the New Media
The 15-M Movement, driven by mass mobilisations calling for the regeneration of the political system in May 2011, has had a profound impact on Spanish political discourse. This article analyses the changes in news production and distribution resulting from the example set by this social movement. The introduction of news using social media outside the boundaries established by the journalistic and political elites represents an innovative strateg…
Periodismo emprendedor. Estrategias para incentivar el autoempleo periodístico como modelo de negocio
El periodismo está en un escenario de reconversión. El impacto de la crisis ha deteriorado las condiciones y expectativas laborales de sus profesionales. En este marco, el emprendimiento se configura como una nueva opción. Los objetivos de este artículo son el análisis de las bases económicas de la industria periodística y de la incidencia del espíritu emprendedor entre del alumnado universitario, por un lado, y el diseño de metodologías docentes…
Las competencias profesionales en periodismo
The aim of this paper is to analyse which are the formative skills linked to journalism that have worthier value recognition for two groups: students and professionals of the sector. The methodology is based on a quantitative survey. The sample consists of 126 students from different courses of the Journalism Degree at the Universitat Jaume I of Castellón and 30 professionals working in different mass media. Results show that, despite of the cris…
La información periodística de portada en España
In news coverage, the cover of press reference represents a very important subject of study. From a longitudinal analysis, the aim of this article is to examine the evolution of three crucial journalistic issues: sources management, media agenda composition, and dominant framing type. After analyzing a sample of 800 news, results indicate a progressive increase in the number and diversity of sources; an agenda rather static and traditional; and a…
Media Engagement Boundaries and Political Influence in Europe
The aim of this article is to analyze the influence level and boundaries that media have on politics. Specifically, we study the power of media to set the public agenda, to set the political agenda determining the decision-making process, and to generate political disaffection through the politicians’ and journalists’ perceptions. We have used a methodology based on in-depth interviews applied to a wide sample of 45 individuals. The analysis is f…
Estrategias y prácticas comunicativas del activismo político en las redes sociales en España
Las redes sociales están introduciendo importantes novedades en los movimientos sociales. El objetivo de este artículo es analizar las estrategias y prácticas comunicativas desplegadas por los activistas políticos en las redes sociales en el contexto español. Para ello, se analizan tres procesos: la automediación, la monitorización de los centros de poder y el establecimiento inverso de la agenda. La metodología se basa en el estudio de caso y la…
The politicisation of journalism in Spain
Anàlisi is a science journal published by the Journalism and Communication Sciences Department of the Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB). The journal has been published by the UAB Journalism Department since 1980. Anàlisi publishes science articles in the fields of the communication sciences: journalism, advertising and public relations, audiovisual communication, internet, multimedia and similar areas, always from the social and cultural v…
Old and New Media Logics in an Electoral Campaign
In Spain, the 2014 European Elections saw the unexpected rise of a new party Podemos , which obtained five European Parliament seats only three months after its formation. In the Spanish National Elections in December 2015, this party obtained 20.66 percent of the votes, which made it the third biggest party. Our objective was to analyze the old and new elements of Podemos ’ communication and campaign strategies. The methodology followed here use…
The Journalists of the Future Meet Entrepreneurial Journalism
Journalism is undergoing a major restructuring reflecting the post-2008 economic crisis and ongoing technological innovation. Much discussion on future job creation is focused on entrepreneurial journalism. Spain is a paradigmatic example of this phenomenon. Between 2008 and 2014, some 454 news media outlets were created in Spain. Yet, the emergence of entrepreneurial journalism raises many questions and challenges that affect all areas of journa…
Las estrategias de los periodistas para la construcción de marca personal en Twitter
La marca personal del periodista se ha convertido en un valor clave para ganar prestigio y hacer frente a la crisis del sector. Los medios sociales contribuyen a construir la identidad digital del periodista, estrechando lazos con sus seguidores y ganando autonomía respecto a sus medios. El objetivo de esta investigación es identificar las estrategias que siguen los periodistas para crear o reforzar su marca personal en Twitter. La metodología em…
What do politicians do on Twitter? Functions and communication strategies in the Spanish electoral campaign of 2016
Twitter has been incorporated as an essential tool in the communication strategies of political actors. However, we need to know more about its use. Our objective is to analyze the main functions attributed to Twitter in electoral campaigns. We studied the 2016 election in Spain based on an analysis of quantitative content. The sample consists of 9,042 tweets, published by the four parties that received the most votes and their candidates. The re…
Producing political content for web 2.0
Social media, or web 2.0, allows citizens to produce content and information. However, not everybody has the same access to these benefits. This causes the emergence of a digital divide and the appearance of vulnerable sectors. We study the effect of education, financial income, and the frequency of technology use on the capacity of citizens to produce political content on social media in Spain. The methodology is based on a secondary analysis of…
With or without you
Informal relationships between journalists and politicians have a strategic function in the process of news-making. The aim of this article is to analyse the role of personal affinity between the media and politicians in Spain. This study focuses on the following three specific issues: self-definition of their interactions, degree of influence, and main professional risks and benefits detected. The methodology is based on 45 in-depth interviews (…
The Populist Political Communication Style in Action
Populism is a phenomenon that has been acquiring great relevance over recent years in the United States and Europe. Literature on the subject has identified the existence of a populist style that also affects political communication. The aim of this article is to analyze the structure of issues and the functions of messages circulated by a populist party in order to determine the presence and incidence of this style's main components. The methodo…
Comunicación política en la época de la redes sociales
Presentación del Informe: Comunicación política y medios sociales
Research on political information and social media
The key points of the transformations that social media have generated in the field of political information are identified. Social media consolidation is bringing with it a new, more hybrid communicative environment and a logic based on new principles and operating criteria that affect the entire informative process. Therefore, the impact of digital platforms on the production, distribution, and consumption of political information is examined f…
University training on entrepreneurship in communication and journalism business projects
The current scenario of crisis and change has prompted the idea of entrepreneurship as a way to develop new media business models that can be promoted by university training. In this study, we aim to assess the effects of such training. A qualitative study was conducted using in-depth interviews of Spanish journalism and communication entrepreneurs who have undergone university training in business creation and management. Our results show the po…
Communication systems for scientific collaboration and mobility. Evidence from Spain
Given the effectiveness shown for the creation of collaborative environments of social network sites and the scarcity of work on their use by researchers, the purpose of this article is the analysis of the use of communication systems in scientific collaboration by the collective most involved in scientific mobility. A survey among the Spanish groups most involved in scientific mobility (n = 415) was carried out to analyze the communication syste…
Impact of Covid-19 on the media system. Communicative and democratic consequences of news consumption during the outbreak
El Covid-19 es un fenómeno de una magnitud y relevancia enormes. Su impacto ha afectado a diversos dominios sociales, entre ellos los medios y el periodismo. Desde el inicio de esta crisis sanitaria, las noticias se han convertido en un valioso recurso para la ciudadanía. Estudiar sus dinámicas de consumo informativo es altamente relevante tanto por su capacidad de transformar el sistema mediático como por su incidencia democrática. El objetivo d…
La Covid-19 en el periodismo
The COVID-19 outbreak is a highly disruptive event in our society. Its consequences have affected different social domains. Our objective is to analyse its impact on journalism in a panoramic and comprehensive way. We intend to identify the main alterations and changes that the Coronavirus has caused. The methodology is based on the qualitative analysis of secondary data, taking as a reference the case of Spain during the first period of the pand…
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