Arantxa Capdevila Gómez
Biographic Data
| ID | 3915000 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Arantxa Capdevila Gómez |
| GIVEN NAMES | Arantxa Capdevila |
| FAMILY NAME | Gómez |
| SIGNATURE | GÓMEZ A C |
| AFFILIATIONS | Universitat Rovira i Virgili |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-3030-0488 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 16 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 10 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 16 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1970 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
A Dangerous Concept in a Hostile Environment: Journalists’ Understandings of Populism in Italy and Spain
Populism, especially that of the far right, has a major impact on journalism. Journalists have to respond to an increasingly hostile environment with dwindling resources and often precarious conditions. By using semistructured interviews with journalists who cover the populist far right in Italy and Spain, we investigate how they understand populism and its impact on their profession. Interviewees have a clear idea of what populism is, but feel t…
Marching Against a Rising and Manipulative Threat: Metaphorical Constructions of Populism in the Spanish and the Italian Press
Whereas the use of metaphors in populist political communication has been widely studied, few works have considered the way in which the concept of populism is constructed through metaphors in the public sphere and in the media. By applying Critical Metaphor Analysis (CMA) to a sample of newspaper articles published in Spain and Italy, we detect the main metaphorical frameworks used for discursively constructing populism in countries characterize…
Extrema derecha 2.0: Qué es y cómo combatirla (‘Far-Right 2.0: What it is and how to fight it’), Steven Forti (2021)
Review of: Extrema derecha 2.0: Qué es y cómo combatirla (‘Far-Right 2.0: What it is and how to fight it’), Steven Forti (2021) Madrid: XXI siglo ventiuno editores, 271 pp., ISBN 978-8-43232-030-9, p/bk, €18.9
Public debate on bovine tuberculosis eradication: Topics and metaphors in the trans-Pyrenees region (Spain and France) 2018–2020
The management of bovine tuberculosis (bTB) is a controversial issue due to the different positions of stakeholders regarding diagnosis and treatment. Considering how they conceptualize bTB might influence the acceptability of eradication programmes, we analyse communication materials published by a range of sources in Spain and France, two countries dealing with this disease. We use content and discourse analyses to investigate topics associated…
What is populism anyway? Newspaper representations of populism in Spain and Italy between emptiness and political partisanship
The rise of populism in Europe has been accompanied by increasing use of the term in the media. This has been studied in the European press from the democratic corporatist or liberal media systems, but there is a lack of studies on southern Europe and the polarized pluralist media system. Using a content analysis of newspaper articles, we investigate the journalistic construction of populism in Spain and Italy, two countries belonging to the pola…
Populismo de extrema derecha y redes sociales: El Futuro De La Democracia en Juego
Este informe forma parte del proyecto “DATAPOP: Polarización, duplicación de audiencias activas y populismo en Twitter. Análisis de la influencia de los discursos populistas en los debates políticos en España (2016-2020)” PGC2018-097352-A-I00 https://www.upf.edu/web/datapop
Far-Right Populism Online: Did Vox’s Community Reproduce the Party’s Discourse During the April 2019 Campaign
In April 2019, VOX, a far-right populist party, won seats for the first time in the Spanish parliament. VOX successfully used social media to participate in the electoral debate and to establish a more direct link with its followers. We investigated how the VOX online community was structured during the election campaign and to what extent the most influential profiles spread the party’s messages. We accordingly analysed two samples, one composed…
Emergencia del populismo en España: Marcos metafóricos de Vox y de su comunidad online durante las elecciones generales de 2019
In the context of the political instability shown by the calling of four general elections between 2015 and 2019, the populist party Vox gained parliamentary seats for the first time in a country that, thus far, had always remained outside of European trends. When populism, and especially the presence of far-right parties, are taken into account as a potential barometer of the health of representative politics, it is paramount to understand how t…
Articulación de la influencia en Twitter ante el anuncio de la Ley del referéndum en Cataluña
In line with the research carried out about the effects of Twitter on the configuration of public opinion, this article analyses the features of the debate generated as the result of the presentation of the Law of the Referendum of Catalonia. We work with two samples (n1: 260.866 tweets and retweets and n2: 1.681 tweets) in order to study, on the one hand, the morphology of the retweet (RT) network and the obtention of the profiles –influencers, …
The process en route: The metaphor of the journey as the dominant narrative for the political discourse in Catalonia
Political actors use metaphor in their speeches in order to frame political issues [Charteris-Black, J. (2011). Politicians and rhetoric: The persuasive power of metaphor. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan]. If they succeed in imposing a particular (metaphorical) frame, especially when there is no agreement on the definition of certain political issues, this can become the prevailing way for referring to that issue [Semino, E. (2008). Metaphor in d…
Political communication today: Challenges and threats
Events such as the triumph of Brexit in the United Kingdom, the victory of Donald Trump in the United States or the rise of populism in some European countries have resulted in a significant upheaval in the western political scenario, which had remained stable since the Second World War. These events have opened up new and relevant avenues for political communication. This discipline is facing important challenges and threats, from the academic a…
So cruel … yet so cool: Teenager readings of love and attraction on Sin tetas no hay paraíso
This research focuses on the way in which Spanish teenagers negotiate a highly rated global format TV series regarding representations of affective and sexual relationships. Results from two focus groups show that teenagers do not problematize the link between violence and desire implied by the storyline. Girls express a consensual admiration towards female characters with post-feminist traits and also show their desire to experience the main fem…
Marcos interpretativos simbólicos y pragmáticos. Un estudio comparativo de la temática de la independencia durante las elecciones escocesas y catalanas
Este artículo determina los marcos interpretativos mediáticos predominantes usados durante las campañas electorales en Escocia (2007) y en Cataluña (2006) en relación a los proyectos de referéndum de autodeterminación y a la independencia. Los investigadores estudiaron siete de los periódicos más importantes durante los días precedentes en ambos países y analizaron un corpus de noticias (131 en las elecciones escocesas y 172 en las catalanas) ref…
Variaciones estratégicas en los spots electorales de televisión y de Internet en campaña electoral
La campaña electoral previa a las elecciones del 9 de marzo de 2008 fue la primera en la que los partidos políticos apostaron de manera decidida por utilizar Internet como medio de transmisión de sus spots electorales. Este artículo expone los resultados de una investigación centrada en determinar cómo incidió este hecho en las estrategias persuasivas que utilizaron las tres principales fuerzas políticas de ámbito español (PSOE, PP e IU) en sus v…
The territorial organization of Catalonia and Spain in the persuasive strategies of political parties and regional institutions during the campaign of the Estatut
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…
La comunicación política hoy: Retos y amenazas
Acontecimientos como el triunfo del Brexit en el Reino Unido, la victoria de Trump en Estados Unidos o el auge de los populismos en algunos países europeos han supuesto una importante sacudida en el panorama político occidental, que se había mantenido estable desde la Segunda Guerra Mundial. Estos hechos abren nuevas y relevantes dimensiones para la comunicación política. Esta disciplina se enfrenta a destacados retos y amenazas, desde el punto d…
Marcos interpretativos simbólicos y pragmáticos. Un estudio comparativo de la temática de la independencia durante las elecciones escocesas y catalanas
Este artículo determina los marcos interpretativos mediáticos predominantes usados durante las campañas electorales en Escocia (2007) y en Cataluña (2006) en relación a los proyectos de referéndum de autodeterminación y a la independencia. Los investigadores estudiaron siete de los periódicos más importantes durante los días precedentes en ambos países y analizaron un corpus de noticias (131 en las elecciones escocesas y 172 en las catalanas) ref…
Emergencia del populismo en España: Marcos metafóricos de Vox y de su comunidad online durante las elecciones generales de 2019
In the context of the political instability shown by the calling of four general elections between 2015 and 2019, the populist party Vox gained parliamentary seats for the first time in a country that, thus far, had always remained outside of European trends. When populism, and especially the presence of far-right parties, are taken into account as a potential barometer of the health of representative politics, it is paramount to understand how t…
Public debate on bovine tuberculosis eradication: Topics and metaphors in the trans-Pyrenees region (Spain and France) 2018–2020
The management of bovine tuberculosis (bTB) is a controversial issue due to the different positions of stakeholders regarding diagnosis and treatment. Considering how they conceptualize bTB might influence the acceptability of eradication programmes, we analyse communication materials published by a range of sources in Spain and France, two countries dealing with this disease. We use content and discourse analyses to investigate topics associated…
Articulación de la influencia en Twitter ante el anuncio de la Ley del referéndum en Cataluña
In line with the research carried out about the effects of Twitter on the configuration of public opinion, this article analyses the features of the debate generated as the result of the presentation of the Law of the Referendum of Catalonia. We work with two samples (n1: 260.866 tweets and retweets and n2: 1.681 tweets) in order to study, on the one hand, the morphology of the retweet (RT) network and the obtention of the profiles –influencers, …
The process en route: The metaphor of the journey as the dominant narrative for the political discourse in Catalonia
Political actors use metaphor in their speeches in order to frame political issues [Charteris-Black, J. (2011). Politicians and rhetoric: The persuasive power of metaphor. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan]. If they succeed in imposing a particular (metaphorical) frame, especially when there is no agreement on the definition of certain political issues, this can become the prevailing way for referring to that issue [Semino, E. (2008). Metaphor in d…
Political communication today: Challenges and threats
Events such as the triumph of Brexit in the United Kingdom, the victory of Donald Trump in the United States or the rise of populism in some European countries have resulted in a significant upheaval in the western political scenario, which had remained stable since the Second World War. These events have opened up new and relevant avenues for political communication. This discipline is facing important challenges and threats, from the academic a…
La comunicación política hoy: Retos y amenazas
Acontecimientos como el triunfo del Brexit en el Reino Unido, la victoria de Trump en Estados Unidos o el auge de los populismos en algunos países europeos han supuesto una importante sacudida en el panorama político occidental, que se había mantenido estable desde la Segunda Guerra Mundial. Estos hechos abren nuevas y relevantes dimensiones para la comunicación política. Esta disciplina se enfrenta a destacados retos y amenazas, desde el punto d…
The territorial organization of Catalonia and Spain in the persuasive strategies of political parties and regional institutions during the campaign of the Estatut
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…
Variaciones estratégicas en los spots electorales de televisión y de Internet en campaña electoral
La campaña electoral previa a las elecciones del 9 de marzo de 2008 fue la primera en la que los partidos políticos apostaron de manera decidida por utilizar Internet como medio de transmisión de sus spots electorales. Este artículo expone los resultados de una investigación centrada en determinar cómo incidió este hecho en las estrategias persuasivas que utilizaron las tres principales fuerzas políticas de ámbito español (PSOE, PP e IU) en sus v…
So cruel … yet so cool: Teenager readings of love and attraction on Sin tetas no hay paraíso
This research focuses on the way in which Spanish teenagers negotiate a highly rated global format TV series regarding representations of affective and sexual relationships. Results from two focus groups show that teenagers do not problematize the link between violence and desire implied by the storyline. Girls express a consensual admiration towards female characters with post-feminist traits and also show their desire to experience the main fem…
Marcos interpretativos simbólicos y pragmáticos. Un estudio comparativo de la temática de la independencia durante las elecciones escocesas y catalanas
Este artículo determina los marcos interpretativos mediáticos predominantes usados durante las campañas electorales en Escocia (2007) y en Cataluña (2006) en relación a los proyectos de referéndum de autodeterminación y a la independencia. Los investigadores estudiaron siete de los periódicos más importantes durante los días precedentes en ambos países y analizaron un corpus de noticias (131 en las elecciones escocesas y 172 en las catalanas) ref…
Political communication today: Challenges and threats
Events such as the triumph of Brexit in the United Kingdom, the victory of Donald Trump in the United States or the rise of populism in some European countries have resulted in a significant upheaval in the western political scenario, which had remained stable since the Second World War. These events have opened up new and relevant avenues for political communication. This discipline is facing important challenges and threats, from the academic a…
The process en route: The metaphor of the journey as the dominant narrative for the political discourse in Catalonia
Political actors use metaphor in their speeches in order to frame political issues [Charteris-Black, J. (2011). Politicians and rhetoric: The persuasive power of metaphor. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan]. If they succeed in imposing a particular (metaphorical) frame, especially when there is no agreement on the definition of certain political issues, this can become the prevailing way for referring to that issue [Semino, E. (2008). Metaphor in d…
Articulación de la influencia en Twitter ante el anuncio de la Ley del referéndum en Cataluña
In line with the research carried out about the effects of Twitter on the configuration of public opinion, this article analyses the features of the debate generated as the result of the presentation of the Law of the Referendum of Catalonia. We work with two samples (n1: 260.866 tweets and retweets and n2: 1.681 tweets) in order to study, on the one hand, the morphology of the retweet (RT) network and the obtention of the profiles –influencers, …
Far-Right Populism Online: Did Vox’s Community Reproduce the Party’s Discourse During the April 2019 Campaign
In April 2019, VOX, a far-right populist party, won seats for the first time in the Spanish parliament. VOX successfully used social media to participate in the electoral debate and to establish a more direct link with its followers. We investigated how the VOX online community was structured during the election campaign and to what extent the most influential profiles spread the party’s messages. We accordingly analysed two samples, one composed…
Emergencia del populismo en España: Marcos metafóricos de Vox y de su comunidad online durante las elecciones generales de 2019
In the context of the political instability shown by the calling of four general elections between 2015 and 2019, the populist party Vox gained parliamentary seats for the first time in a country that, thus far, had always remained outside of European trends. When populism, and especially the presence of far-right parties, are taken into account as a potential barometer of the health of representative politics, it is paramount to understand how t…
Populismo de extrema derecha y redes sociales: El Futuro De La Democracia en Juego
Este informe forma parte del proyecto “DATAPOP: Polarización, duplicación de audiencias activas y populismo en Twitter. Análisis de la influencia de los discursos populistas en los debates políticos en España (2016-2020)” PGC2018-097352-A-I00 https://www.upf.edu/web/datapop
Public debate on bovine tuberculosis eradication: Topics and metaphors in the trans-Pyrenees region (Spain and France) 2018–2020
The management of bovine tuberculosis (bTB) is a controversial issue due to the different positions of stakeholders regarding diagnosis and treatment. Considering how they conceptualize bTB might influence the acceptability of eradication programmes, we analyse communication materials published by a range of sources in Spain and France, two countries dealing with this disease. We use content and discourse analyses to investigate topics associated…
What is populism anyway? Newspaper representations of populism in Spain and Italy between emptiness and political partisanship
The rise of populism in Europe has been accompanied by increasing use of the term in the media. This has been studied in the European press from the democratic corporatist or liberal media systems, but there is a lack of studies on southern Europe and the polarized pluralist media system. Using a content analysis of newspaper articles, we investigate the journalistic construction of populism in Spain and Italy, two countries belonging to the pola…
Marching Against a Rising and Manipulative Threat: Metaphorical Constructions of Populism in the Spanish and the Italian Press
Whereas the use of metaphors in populist political communication has been widely studied, few works have considered the way in which the concept of populism is constructed through metaphors in the public sphere and in the media. By applying Critical Metaphor Analysis (CMA) to a sample of newspaper articles published in Spain and Italy, we detect the main metaphorical frameworks used for discursively constructing populism in countries characterize…
Extrema derecha 2.0: Qué es y cómo combatirla (‘Far-Right 2.0: What it is and how to fight it’), Steven Forti (2021)
Review of: Extrema derecha 2.0: Qué es y cómo combatirla (‘Far-Right 2.0: What it is and how to fight it’), Steven Forti (2021) Madrid: XXI siglo ventiuno editores, 271 pp., ISBN 978-8-43232-030-9, p/bk, €18.9
A Dangerous Concept in a Hostile Environment: Journalists’ Understandings of Populism in Italy and Spain
Populism, especially that of the far right, has a major impact on journalism. Journalists have to respond to an increasingly hostile environment with dwindling resources and often precarious conditions. By using semistructured interviews with journalists who cover the populist far right in Italy and Spain, we investigate how they understand populism and its impact on their profession. Interviewees have a clear idea of what populism is, but feel t…
Political science (13 works) · Sociology (9 works) · Politics (8 works) · Art (7 works) · Humanities (7 works) · Law (6 works) · Media studies (6 works) · Populism (6 works) · Populism, Right-Wing Movements (6 works) · Social Media and Politics (6 works)