Desencadenantes y estilos periodísticos de la información política en España (1980-2010)

Abstract

The article analyzes the relations between the political actors and the media in Spain in the news content. A longitudinal analysis is carried out to observe the evolution of these relations since the Transition to the present. Two indicators of media coverage are analyzed: the trigger-factors and the journalistic styles. The research was conducted through content analysis applied to political information in the newspapers Abc and El País from 1980 to 2010. The results support the argument that the Spanish journalistic model is still in the early stage of the mediatization process. Conclusions show that the media coverage of the political system has centered on two axes: the use of journalistic styles away from the description and the initiative to publish their own news story as trigger-factors.