La crisis del sistema mediático españolel caso del diario El País (2006 y 2014)

Laburpena

The present research project is theoretically conceptualized on the basis of various sociological approaches to the notion of ‘system’ in order to understand the special treats that the media system has as a system. During the past years and due to the profound worldwide economic crisis the historical link that the Spanish media system has maintained with the political system has gone through a process of transformation towards an invasion by the financial system that threatens the differential characteristics of the media system. Therefore, this study tries to find out to which degree the Spanish media system can retain its nature of a system while being invaded by the financial and political system. Moreover, the characteristic treats of the Spanish media system are exposed following the four parameters that were defined by Hallin & Mancini in Sistemas mediáticos comparados (2008) in order to contribute a more detailed and current image of the nature and formation of the Spanish media system. These variables are related to the development of the printing industry, the professionalization of journalism, the role of the state within the press and the degree of parallelism between the media and communication system and the political system...