Constructing the national through sports news in Catalonia (2007–2009)

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ID12928491
AuthorsAlbert Juncà i Pujol (0000-0003-3036-6014, Universitat de Vic - Universitat Central de Catalunya, corresponding author), Ernest Ingles (0000-0001-7798-1116, Universitat de Barcelona)
Year2014
Volume6
Issue2
Pages239-256
Publication date2014-10-01
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueCatalan Journal of Communication & Cultural Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1757-1898 • E-ISSN: 1757-1901
PublisherIntellect (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1386/cjcs.6.2.239_1
OpenAlexW1965360703
LanguageEN
Citations received1

The omnipresence of sport in the media and some of the characteristics associated with its presentation (constant presence, banality, emotional attachments ... ) make it a prominent tool for the construction and reproduction of nationalism. In Catalonia, a territory in which two national identities coexist (Catalan and Spanish), sport plays a dominant role in the transmission of nationalizing messages. The present article analyses how the general press in Catalonia reproduce the nation through its treatment of sports information. We analyse the press coverage of sporting events in the period before the emergence of the recent pro-independence movement (2007–2009). The results reveal the presence of messages informed by the two nationalist persuasions (Catalan and Spanish), although with a clear prevalence of the latter in four of the six newspapers analysed

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