How Dominant are Official Sources in Shaping Political News Coverage in Spain? The Perceptions of Journalists and Citizens

Rodríguez-Martínez, Ruth; Maz, Mònica Figueras; Rios, Marcel Mauri-de los; Alsius, Salvador

doi:10.1080/08900523.2013.792697

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“…Journalists' and the media's ethical principles of independence and social responsibility were set out in the declaration by the Commission on Freedom of the Press (1947), which stated that the press should remain free from governmental or corporative pressures in order to serve society. That set of principles is also considered fundamental by Cooper (1989) and Lambeth (1986) in their proposals for the categorization of the universal principles of journalistic ethics (Rodríguez, Figueras, Mauri and Alsius 2013). Considering global media ethics, some authors have defined the three universals, or values, as "a) the quest for truth; b) the desire for responsibility; and c) a compulsion for free expression" (Cooper and College 1990: 5).…”

Section: Trust and Dialogue In Media Messagesmentioning

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Political control and journalist protests in Spanish public media in electoral campaigns: A decade of conflict

Pavía¹

2018

Etikk Praksis - Nord J Appl Ethics

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For thirteen consecutive years, Catalan public broadcasting journalists have protested against the so-called coverage quotas established by Spanish electoral regulations. According to those regulations, during election campaigns, broadcasters are required to use a calculated number related to the proportion of votes cast in the previous election to determine the amount of broadcast time they allot to each party. Journalists have repeatedly and publicly complained about the quotas, while simultaneously explaining the effects of the quotas to the audience and not crediting authorship of this news. This paper undertakes an in-depth analysis of the case and its historical roots from different angles: the protests, the journalists’ professional roles, the political parties’ strategies, the roles of the regulatory boards and the initiatives taken by some professional organizations and institutions. The theoretical framework focuses on the mistrust between the political class and journalists in the context of a mediatized conflict with ethical implications. The methodology includes extensive document examination, news content analysis and interviews. The results indicate that the Spanish political class has deemed the performance of the Catalan public broadcaster as tending to equate political information with electoral spots controlled by parties. The consequence of this has been an enduring conflict between politicians and Catalan journalists that distances citizens from both of them. Keywords: Spanish public media, media conflict, journalistic-political conflict, politics and ethics in media.

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Section: Trust and Dialogue In Media Messagesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Political control and journalist protests in Spanish public media in electoral campaigns: A decade of conflict

Pavía¹

2018

Etikk Praksis - Nord J Appl Ethics

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“…The aim of the interviews is to reinforce and refine results obtained via these methodologies (Rodríguez, Figueras, Mauri and Alsius, 2013). To design the questionnaire for in-depth interviews, the survey questionnaire was used as a base, as well as the issues raised in the focus groups, which were adapted to a face-to-face interview format of about 12 questions per interview.…”

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Perceived Effectiveness of Established and Innovative Media Accountability Instruments in Spain. Comparative Analysis in Andalusia, Euskadi, Catalonia, Galicia, Madrid and Valencia

Espilla¹,

Lozano²,

Pereiro³

2020

Estud. Mensaje Period.

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The perceived effectiveness of established and innovative media accountability instruments is analyzed in Andalusia, Euskadi, Catalonia, Galicia, Madrid and Valencia, and by means of a survey conducted among journalists, focus groups with media consumers in each community, and in-depth interviews with experts. Some differences are observed across professionals, citizens and experts and amongst the different autonomous communities. Audience participation in media accountability is the most controversial aspect.

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“…Mientras que los instrumentos de rendición de cuentas tradicionales (defensores del lector offline, códigos éticos, cartas al director) tienen un impacto limitado en la práctica profesional y un uso escaso por parte de los ciudadanos (Alsius y Salgado, 2010), el entorno digital fomenta nuevas formas de transparencia y control de la calidad informativa, y posibilita a la ciudadanía participar y opinar sobre la calidad de los medios. En este sentido, este equipo [2] ha investigado los instrumentos (tradicionales y nuevos) desarrollados de forma exógena a las redacciones, para velar por el cumplimiento de las funciones propias de los medios en una sociedad democrática (Rodríguez-Martínez et al, 2013), tales como consejos de la información (Suárez-Villegas, 2015b) o blogs de crítica de medios (Ramón-Vegas, Mauri-Ríos y Alcala, 2016).…”

Section: Los Sistemas De Rendición De Cuentasunclassified

Accountability y culturas periodísticas en España. Impacto y propuesta de buenas prácticas en los medios de comunicación españoles’ (MediaACES)

Suárez-Villegas

Martínez

Ríos

et al. 2017

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Cómo citar este artículo / Referencia normalizada J C Suárez-Villegas, R Rodríguez-Martínez, M Mauri-Ríos, A López-Meri (2017): "Accountability y culturas periodísticas en España. Impacto y propuesta de buenas prácticas en los medios de comunicación españoles" (MediaACES) " Abstracts [ES]La responsabilidad de los medios de comunicación y de los profesionales de la información ha de expresarse a través de mecanismos de rendición de cuentas (media accountability) que permitan conocer el grado de cumplimiento de valores como el pluralismo, la transparencia y la veracidad informativa. Este proyecto busca detectar las culturas periodísticas existentes en distintas comunidades autónomas de España, y examinar el impacto de los instrumentos de rendición de cuentas o media accountability systems en cada territorio. El trabajo parte de la hipótesis de que la cultura periodística en España no responde a un único modelo de sistema de medios (modelo mediterráneo o pluralista polarizado), como señalan Hallin y Mancini en Comparing Media Systems, sino que la diversidad de culturas periodísticas requiere matizar esta clasificación. La metodología combina la técnica de la encuesta online a diferentes actores mediáticos y diversos focus group con expertos, responsable de medios y ciudadanos. Los resultados permitirán diseñar y proporcionar a los medios modelos de evaluación de rendición de cuentas que integren valores como la transparencia y la pluralidad.[EN] Media accountability must be performed through mechanisms that allow the public to measure the commitment of journalists and information professionals to such values as pluralism, transparency and accuracy. This article seeks to identify the journalistic cultures existing in the several Spanish autonomous communities and to measure the impact of the media accountability systems implemented in each one of these communitites. and that this fact demands the review of such classification. The research design combines an online survey among different media actors and focus groups of citizens, media experts, and media professionals. The results will allow the design and assessment of media accountability models in which values such as transparency and plurality are integrated.

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How Dominant are Official Sources in Shaping Political News Coverage in Spain? The Perceptions of Journalists and Citizens

Cited by 5 publications

References 16 publications

Political control and journalist protests in Spanish public media in electoral campaigns: A decade of conflict

Political control and journalist protests in Spanish public media in electoral campaigns: A decade of conflict

Perceived Effectiveness of Established and Innovative Media Accountability Instruments in Spain. Comparative Analysis in Andalusia, Euskadi, Catalonia, Galicia, Madrid and Valencia

Accountability y culturas periodísticas en España. Impacto y propuesta de buenas prácticas en los medios de comunicación españoles’ (MediaACES)

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