La configuración de las agendas mediáticas en elecciones de segundo orden.Cobertura informativa y concurrencia electoral en las elecciones al Parlamento Europeo de mayo de 2019

  1. Vinuesa Tejero, María Lourdes 1
  2. Ramírez Dueñas, José María 1
  1. 1 Universidad Complutense de Madrid
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    Universidad Complutense de Madrid

    Madrid, España

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Journal:
Estudios sobre el mensaje periodístico

ISSN: 1988-2696

Year of publication: 2021

Volume: 27

Pages: 985-995

Type: Article

DOI: 10.5209/ESMP.71641 DIALNET GOOGLE SCHOLAR lock_openOpen access editor

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Abstract

The electoral competition with the local and regional elections in Spain has allowed us to study the interaction of the different agendas and whether the information coverage that the different media made of the elections to the European Parliament helped to offer sufficient and representative information to promote the electoral participation. Within the framework of study of the Agenda-Setting and Spiral of Silence theories, we have developed a content analysis with a large sample (374 informative pieces in 5 press newspapers during the campaign) to verify how the media of communication considered these elections as of the first or second order. In line with previous research, we have detected that the volume of content has increased considerably, although the tone and nationalization of the content continues within similar parameters (framed within what has been called “domestic politics”).

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