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Papers by Carles Pont-Sorribes
política en el entorno digital (Facebook, WhatsApp, prensa digital y televisión)
Estudios sobre el Mensaje Periodístico
Journal for Communication Studies, 2018
Political events in Catalonia from 2010 to the present have marked part of the Spanish and EU med... more Political events in Catalonia from 2010 to the present have
marked part of the Spanish and EU media agenda and have resonated in the
international media. We analysed German, French and UK media coverage and
opinions of foreign correspondents regarding the Catalan independence movement
for the period 2010 to 2017. We analysed press representations of the positions of
the Spanish and Catalan governments and of the confrontation between them,
focusing on the main newspapers (Le Figaro, Le Monde, Frankfurter Allgemeine
Zeitung, Süddeustsche Zeitung, The Daily Telegraph and The Guardian) of the
major EU economies of Germany, France and the UK. Analysis was intended to
determine the degree of (il)legitimacy of the independence movement as well as
arguments in favour of the Spanish status quo and even of European identity. We
conducted a framing analysis of 563 press articles and an ethnographic study based
on in-depth interviews with four foreign correspondents in Spain. The analysed
newspapers provided wide coverage of the Catalan independence movement, framed
the crisis as a conflict between the governments of Spain and Catalonia and called
repeatedly on the EU to mediate.
El Profesional de la Información, 2017
Based on an analysis of several sampled political discussions on Twitter, a new methodology is pr... more Based on an analysis of several sampled political discussions on Twitter, a new methodology is proposed that allows researchers to obtain a significant, replicable, and manageable data sample from a universe of Twitter metadata. The proposal is a new model called Top discussion indicator (TDI). The aim of TDI is to assist researchers in obtaining a representative set of text from Twitter that includes the minimum amount of information needed to generalize the results.
We examine how Catalan election campaigns have evolved to postmodernization, a concept coined by ... more We examine how Catalan election campaigns have evolved to postmodernization, a concept coined by Pippa Norris to refer to the current political scenario and how this is reflected in different electoral phases. We analyzed four electoral campaigns covering a decade (2003-2012) through 27 face-to-face in-depth interviews conducted with campaign managers for nine political parties. The results indicate that, although Catalan politics is progressing toward the postmodern phase, there are still aspects that are far from fully adapted to the changes affecting all levels of society. Catalan political parties seem to be more comfortable with modern or classical political approaches—such as control over traditional media—and are but slowly reacting to other issues such as citizen demands for more access to, and prominence in, politics.
Using interviews and questionnaires, we explored the perceptions and attitudes of 49 Spanish scie... more Using interviews and questionnaires, we explored the perceptions and attitudes of 49 Spanish science journalists regarding pseudoscience. Pseudoscience, understood as false knowledge that endeavours to pass as science, is a controversial and complex matter that potentially poses a risk to society. Given that concern over this issue has grown in recent years in Spain, our aim was to evaluate how pseudoscience operates in journalistic practice in Spanish media. Our data reveal not only a lack of editorial policies in regard to pseudoscience, but also the existence of a significant number of science journalists who make light of the potential threat implied by the pseudosciences in the media. Some journalists point to the lack of scientific training of editors and media managers as one of the reasons for the proliferation of the pseudosciences.
This work analyses the political news of eight Spanish television channels in order to see what i... more This work analyses the political news of eight Spanish television channels in order to see what image is built of politics, and particularly how the news of corruption affects the image of politics in Spanish
news broadcasts. Different cases of corruption such as Gürtel, Palma Arena and those associated with judge Baltasar Garzón in his final stage in office, occupy part of the study. A new methodology is therefore proposed that enables the quality of the political information emitted from inside and outside the political content of the news programmes to be observed. Particular attention is paid to the news broadcasts of Televisión Española and Cuatro as those which offer a more balanced view of politics, and channels such as La Sexta, which give priority to a narrative construction of politics in the news programmes around causes of corruption.
Resumen: Las administraciones públicas de los países avanzados están llevando a cabo iniciativas ... more Resumen: Las administraciones públicas de los países avanzados están llevando a cabo iniciativas para gestionar la información y la comunicación de riesgo y emergencias mediante sitios web concebidos y diseñados para ello. Estos sitios están pensados para facilitar información a los ciudadanos en caso de emergencias, pero también contienen información útil para los expertos y las autoridades. En este trabajo, y a la luz de la legislación española sobre emergencias, se comparan los sitios de la administración autonómica catalana y del gobierno de España con los sitios de tres países de referencia: Estados Unidos, Francia y Reino Unido. Al mismo tiempo se propone una metodología simple para llevar a cabo una comparación que permita extraer conclusiones y plantear recomendaciones en un aspecto de la gestión de la información que puede resultar clave para salvar bienes materiales y vidas humanas.
Palabras clave: Comunicación de riesgo, Emergencias, Sitios web, Sistemas de información, Catalunya, España, Estados Unidos, Reino Unido, Francia . El Profesional de la Información, Julio-Agosto 2009 (con Carles Pont y Rafael Pedraza).
The present article analyzes press coverage on the Spanish Queen Sofía of Greece during a time wh... more The present article analyzes press coverage on the Spanish Queen Sofía of Greece during a time when an outburst of scandals involving different members of the Spanish Royal Family took place. Its main objective is to display changes in the media treatment of the royal spouse caused by these scandals. Research for this article principally involved using content analysis and semiotics to examine coverage on the
Queen between 2012 and 2014 in two newspapers, El País and El Mundo. Documentary research and indepth interviews were also used. Paradoxically, findings indicate that then the media most heavily criticized the Crown, the Queen’s image improved.
Resumen: El primer periódico que se publica en Andorra fue 1917, año cronológicamente muy alejad... more Resumen:
El primer periódico que se publica en Andorra fue 1917, año cronológicamente muy alejado de los primeros que aparecieron en los estados vecinos, Francia (1631) y España (1641). El retraso de la llegada de la prensa en Andorra se entiende teniendo en cuenta que la primera imprenta es de 1940 y que no se aprueba la Constitución hasta el año 1993. La presente investigación, que estudia noventa años de publicaciones editadas en Andorra, permite concluir que se ha conformado un modelo propio de prensa. Las características de éste son: una periodicidad baja, un alto número de publicaciones especializadas y el uso de lenguas diversas, a pesar de que el catalán es el mayoritario.
Laburpena:
1917an argitaratu zen lehenengo egunkaria Andorran, oso berandu inguruko estatuetako lehenengo agerkariekin alderatuz, Frantzia (1631) eta Espainia (1641) besteak beste. Andorrako prentsaren atzerapena ulertzeko kontuan hartu behar da batetik, lehenengo inprimategia 1940koa zela, eta Konstituzioa 1993an onartu zela, bestetik. Andorran laurogeita hamar urtetan argitaratu diren aldizkariak aztertzen dituen ikerketa honetan ondoriozta daiteke, berezko prentsa eredua osatu dela Andorran. Haren ezaugarriak honako hauek dira: maiztasun txikia, espezializatutako agerkari kopuru handia eta hainbat hizkuntzen erabilera, nahiz eta katalana izan gehien erabiltzen dena.
Abstract:
The first newspaper published in Andorra was in 1917. This year is chronologically far from the first newspapers that appeared in the neighboring states, France (1631) and Spain (1641).
This delay is understandable because the first printing house was established in Andorra in 1940, and the political Constitution was approved in 1993. This research studies periodical newspapers and magazines published in Andorra in the last 90 years. The study shows that in the Principality there is autochthonous model press characterized by high periodicity, a lot of specialized magazines, and the use of several languages, although Catalan language is majority.
El primer periódico que se publica en Andorra fue 1917, año cronológicamente muy alejado de los p... more El primer periódico que se publica en Andorra fue 1917, año cronológicamente muy alejado de los primeros que aparecieron en los estados vecinos, Francia (1631) y España (1641). El retraso de la llegada de la prensa en Andorra se entiende teniendo en cuenta que la primera imprenta es de 1940 y que no se aprueba la Constitución hasta el año 1993. La presente investigación, que estudia noventa años de publicaciones editadas en Andorra, permite concluir que se ha conformado un modelo propio de prensa. Las características de éste son: una periodicidad baja, un alto número de publicaciones especializadas y el uso de lenguas diversas, a pesar de que el catalán es el mayoritario.
Spanish press handling of the swine flu crisis of 2009 was explored by studying front pages and e... more Spanish press handling of the swine flu crisis of 2009 was explored by studying front pages and editorials for the El Pais, El Mundo, La Vanguardia, El Periódico and Avui newspapers over a period of 8 weeks. Major ethical issues arising during media coverage were identified, notably the use of scaremongering and sensationalist stratagems. The analysis revealed discrepancies between front page information and editorial stance. Specifically, front pages depicted a situation of alarm liable to generate social panic, whereas editorials tended to play down the crisis and complied rigorously with ethical and social responsibility criteria.
This work analyses the political news of eight Spanish television channels in order to see what i... more This work analyses the political news of eight Spanish television channels in order to see what image is
built of politics, and particularly how the news of corruption affects the image of politics in Spanish
news broadcasts. Different cases of corruption such as Gürtel, Palma Arena and those associated with
judge Baltasar Garzón in his final stage in office, occupy part of the study. A new methodology is therefore
proposed that enables the quality of the political information emitted from inside and outside the political
content of the news programmes to be observed. Particular attention is paid to the news broadcasts
of Televisión Española and Cuatro as those which offer a more balanced view of politics, and channels
such as La Sexta, which give priority to a narrative construction of politics in the news programmes
around causes of corruption.
In our society the image that citizens have of politics is strongly conditioned by the way politi... more In our society the image that citizens have of politics is strongly conditioned by the way politics are represented in the media and, in particular, in TV news programmes. This article, a product of an R&D project funded by the Spanish Ministry of Education, Social Policy and Sport, analyses the presence and image of political news in eight Spanish TV channels. This article also proposes a new method to measure the quality of political information in Spanish TV news programmes through the definition of the endo-and exo-balances of the political content of news programmes. The main conclusions of this study are that the news programmes of Televisión Española and Cuatro offer a more balanced image of politics, while the news programmes from Sexta and Canal 9 offer more unbalanced image. The percentage of news devoted to politics does not depend on the channels" ownership (public or private) or broadcast coverage (national or regional). On the other hand, there is a relation between the percentages of political issues and policy issues news presented on television.
Construction of the image of politics in Spanish TV news programmes.
The irruption of new technologies has allowed a substantial improvement of information in emergen... more The irruption of new technologies has allowed a substantial improvement of information in emergency situations. This research presents the adaptation of the Catalan administration to different information systems to spread information on risks, catastrophes and emergencies. The spread of that information is analyzed together with the application of new technologies, especially Web 2.0, compared to the United States. Besides, the perception of the Catalan public opinion regarding the quality of the information and the mechanisms through which a crisis episode is reported has been studied.
política en el entorno digital (Facebook, WhatsApp, prensa digital y televisión)
Estudios sobre el Mensaje Periodístico
Journal for Communication Studies, 2018
Political events in Catalonia from 2010 to the present have marked part of the Spanish and EU med... more Political events in Catalonia from 2010 to the present have
marked part of the Spanish and EU media agenda and have resonated in the
international media. We analysed German, French and UK media coverage and
opinions of foreign correspondents regarding the Catalan independence movement
for the period 2010 to 2017. We analysed press representations of the positions of
the Spanish and Catalan governments and of the confrontation between them,
focusing on the main newspapers (Le Figaro, Le Monde, Frankfurter Allgemeine
Zeitung, Süddeustsche Zeitung, The Daily Telegraph and The Guardian) of the
major EU economies of Germany, France and the UK. Analysis was intended to
determine the degree of (il)legitimacy of the independence movement as well as
arguments in favour of the Spanish status quo and even of European identity. We
conducted a framing analysis of 563 press articles and an ethnographic study based
on in-depth interviews with four foreign correspondents in Spain. The analysed
newspapers provided wide coverage of the Catalan independence movement, framed
the crisis as a conflict between the governments of Spain and Catalonia and called
repeatedly on the EU to mediate.
El Profesional de la Información, 2017
Based on an analysis of several sampled political discussions on Twitter, a new methodology is pr... more Based on an analysis of several sampled political discussions on Twitter, a new methodology is proposed that allows researchers to obtain a significant, replicable, and manageable data sample from a universe of Twitter metadata. The proposal is a new model called Top discussion indicator (TDI). The aim of TDI is to assist researchers in obtaining a representative set of text from Twitter that includes the minimum amount of information needed to generalize the results.
We examine how Catalan election campaigns have evolved to postmodernization, a concept coined by ... more We examine how Catalan election campaigns have evolved to postmodernization, a concept coined by Pippa Norris to refer to the current political scenario and how this is reflected in different electoral phases. We analyzed four electoral campaigns covering a decade (2003-2012) through 27 face-to-face in-depth interviews conducted with campaign managers for nine political parties. The results indicate that, although Catalan politics is progressing toward the postmodern phase, there are still aspects that are far from fully adapted to the changes affecting all levels of society. Catalan political parties seem to be more comfortable with modern or classical political approaches—such as control over traditional media—and are but slowly reacting to other issues such as citizen demands for more access to, and prominence in, politics.
Using interviews and questionnaires, we explored the perceptions and attitudes of 49 Spanish scie... more Using interviews and questionnaires, we explored the perceptions and attitudes of 49 Spanish science journalists regarding pseudoscience. Pseudoscience, understood as false knowledge that endeavours to pass as science, is a controversial and complex matter that potentially poses a risk to society. Given that concern over this issue has grown in recent years in Spain, our aim was to evaluate how pseudoscience operates in journalistic practice in Spanish media. Our data reveal not only a lack of editorial policies in regard to pseudoscience, but also the existence of a significant number of science journalists who make light of the potential threat implied by the pseudosciences in the media. Some journalists point to the lack of scientific training of editors and media managers as one of the reasons for the proliferation of the pseudosciences.
This work analyses the political news of eight Spanish television channels in order to see what i... more This work analyses the political news of eight Spanish television channels in order to see what image is built of politics, and particularly how the news of corruption affects the image of politics in Spanish
news broadcasts. Different cases of corruption such as Gürtel, Palma Arena and those associated with judge Baltasar Garzón in his final stage in office, occupy part of the study. A new methodology is therefore proposed that enables the quality of the political information emitted from inside and outside the political content of the news programmes to be observed. Particular attention is paid to the news broadcasts of Televisión Española and Cuatro as those which offer a more balanced view of politics, and channels such as La Sexta, which give priority to a narrative construction of politics in the news programmes around causes of corruption.
Resumen: Las administraciones públicas de los países avanzados están llevando a cabo iniciativas ... more Resumen: Las administraciones públicas de los países avanzados están llevando a cabo iniciativas para gestionar la información y la comunicación de riesgo y emergencias mediante sitios web concebidos y diseñados para ello. Estos sitios están pensados para facilitar información a los ciudadanos en caso de emergencias, pero también contienen información útil para los expertos y las autoridades. En este trabajo, y a la luz de la legislación española sobre emergencias, se comparan los sitios de la administración autonómica catalana y del gobierno de España con los sitios de tres países de referencia: Estados Unidos, Francia y Reino Unido. Al mismo tiempo se propone una metodología simple para llevar a cabo una comparación que permita extraer conclusiones y plantear recomendaciones en un aspecto de la gestión de la información que puede resultar clave para salvar bienes materiales y vidas humanas.
Palabras clave: Comunicación de riesgo, Emergencias, Sitios web, Sistemas de información, Catalunya, España, Estados Unidos, Reino Unido, Francia . El Profesional de la Información, Julio-Agosto 2009 (con Carles Pont y Rafael Pedraza).
The present article analyzes press coverage on the Spanish Queen Sofía of Greece during a time wh... more The present article analyzes press coverage on the Spanish Queen Sofía of Greece during a time when an outburst of scandals involving different members of the Spanish Royal Family took place. Its main objective is to display changes in the media treatment of the royal spouse caused by these scandals. Research for this article principally involved using content analysis and semiotics to examine coverage on the
Queen between 2012 and 2014 in two newspapers, El País and El Mundo. Documentary research and indepth interviews were also used. Paradoxically, findings indicate that then the media most heavily criticized the Crown, the Queen’s image improved.
Resumen: El primer periódico que se publica en Andorra fue 1917, año cronológicamente muy alejad... more Resumen:
El primer periódico que se publica en Andorra fue 1917, año cronológicamente muy alejado de los primeros que aparecieron en los estados vecinos, Francia (1631) y España (1641). El retraso de la llegada de la prensa en Andorra se entiende teniendo en cuenta que la primera imprenta es de 1940 y que no se aprueba la Constitución hasta el año 1993. La presente investigación, que estudia noventa años de publicaciones editadas en Andorra, permite concluir que se ha conformado un modelo propio de prensa. Las características de éste son: una periodicidad baja, un alto número de publicaciones especializadas y el uso de lenguas diversas, a pesar de que el catalán es el mayoritario.
Laburpena:
1917an argitaratu zen lehenengo egunkaria Andorran, oso berandu inguruko estatuetako lehenengo agerkariekin alderatuz, Frantzia (1631) eta Espainia (1641) besteak beste. Andorrako prentsaren atzerapena ulertzeko kontuan hartu behar da batetik, lehenengo inprimategia 1940koa zela, eta Konstituzioa 1993an onartu zela, bestetik. Andorran laurogeita hamar urtetan argitaratu diren aldizkariak aztertzen dituen ikerketa honetan ondoriozta daiteke, berezko prentsa eredua osatu dela Andorran. Haren ezaugarriak honako hauek dira: maiztasun txikia, espezializatutako agerkari kopuru handia eta hainbat hizkuntzen erabilera, nahiz eta katalana izan gehien erabiltzen dena.
Abstract:
The first newspaper published in Andorra was in 1917. This year is chronologically far from the first newspapers that appeared in the neighboring states, France (1631) and Spain (1641).
This delay is understandable because the first printing house was established in Andorra in 1940, and the political Constitution was approved in 1993. This research studies periodical newspapers and magazines published in Andorra in the last 90 years. The study shows that in the Principality there is autochthonous model press characterized by high periodicity, a lot of specialized magazines, and the use of several languages, although Catalan language is majority.
El primer periódico que se publica en Andorra fue 1917, año cronológicamente muy alejado de los p... more El primer periódico que se publica en Andorra fue 1917, año cronológicamente muy alejado de los primeros que aparecieron en los estados vecinos, Francia (1631) y España (1641). El retraso de la llegada de la prensa en Andorra se entiende teniendo en cuenta que la primera imprenta es de 1940 y que no se aprueba la Constitución hasta el año 1993. La presente investigación, que estudia noventa años de publicaciones editadas en Andorra, permite concluir que se ha conformado un modelo propio de prensa. Las características de éste son: una periodicidad baja, un alto número de publicaciones especializadas y el uso de lenguas diversas, a pesar de que el catalán es el mayoritario.
Spanish press handling of the swine flu crisis of 2009 was explored by studying front pages and e... more Spanish press handling of the swine flu crisis of 2009 was explored by studying front pages and editorials for the El Pais, El Mundo, La Vanguardia, El Periódico and Avui newspapers over a period of 8 weeks. Major ethical issues arising during media coverage were identified, notably the use of scaremongering and sensationalist stratagems. The analysis revealed discrepancies between front page information and editorial stance. Specifically, front pages depicted a situation of alarm liable to generate social panic, whereas editorials tended to play down the crisis and complied rigorously with ethical and social responsibility criteria.
This work analyses the political news of eight Spanish television channels in order to see what i... more This work analyses the political news of eight Spanish television channels in order to see what image is
built of politics, and particularly how the news of corruption affects the image of politics in Spanish
news broadcasts. Different cases of corruption such as Gürtel, Palma Arena and those associated with
judge Baltasar Garzón in his final stage in office, occupy part of the study. A new methodology is therefore
proposed that enables the quality of the political information emitted from inside and outside the political
content of the news programmes to be observed. Particular attention is paid to the news broadcasts
of Televisión Española and Cuatro as those which offer a more balanced view of politics, and channels
such as La Sexta, which give priority to a narrative construction of politics in the news programmes
around causes of corruption.
In our society the image that citizens have of politics is strongly conditioned by the way politi... more In our society the image that citizens have of politics is strongly conditioned by the way politics are represented in the media and, in particular, in TV news programmes. This article, a product of an R&D project funded by the Spanish Ministry of Education, Social Policy and Sport, analyses the presence and image of political news in eight Spanish TV channels. This article also proposes a new method to measure the quality of political information in Spanish TV news programmes through the definition of the endo-and exo-balances of the political content of news programmes. The main conclusions of this study are that the news programmes of Televisión Española and Cuatro offer a more balanced image of politics, while the news programmes from Sexta and Canal 9 offer more unbalanced image. The percentage of news devoted to politics does not depend on the channels" ownership (public or private) or broadcast coverage (national or regional). On the other hand, there is a relation between the percentages of political issues and policy issues news presented on television.
Construction of the image of politics in Spanish TV news programmes.
The irruption of new technologies has allowed a substantial improvement of information in emergen... more The irruption of new technologies has allowed a substantial improvement of information in emergency situations. This research presents the adaptation of the Catalan administration to different information systems to spread information on risks, catastrophes and emergencies. The spread of that information is analyzed together with the application of new technologies, especially Web 2.0, compared to the United States. Besides, the perception of the Catalan public opinion regarding the quality of the information and the mechanisms through which a crisis episode is reported has been studied.
En M. L. Sánchez-Calero y Limón-Naharro, P. (coords.) La construcción de la noticia y el papel de los social media y periodismo ciudadano en la gestión de información de desastres o catástrofes naturales. Sevilla: EGREGIUS, 2017
La investigación que aquí se presenta tiene el reto de analizar los medios sociales o social medi... more La investigación que aquí se presenta tiene el reto de analizar los medios sociales o social media con más implantación (IAB,2017) y, por tanto, con más posibilidades de impacto en una situación de emergencia (Giansante, 2015). La investigación se centra en el estudio de caso de dos situaciones de emergencias que tuvieron gran repercusión en España. El primer caso es el accidente del vuelo de Germanwings, que cubriría la ruta Barcelona-Düsseldorf, producido el 24 de marzo de 2015. El avión, con 150 personas a bordo, se estrelló en los Alpes franceses. No hubo supervivientes. Las autoridades francesas y alemanas y también la propia compañía admitieron que el accidente fue causado intencionadamente por el copiloto del vuelo.
En situaciones de emergencias, las administraciones públicas tienen que afrontar imprevistos y de... more En situaciones de emergencias, las administraciones públicas tienen que afrontar imprevistos y decisiones de gran trascendencia. En estos casos, los actores políticos deben compartir escenario con los medios de comunicación, una coincidencia que genera desacuerdos en el control de las fuentes de información, en la negociación del mensaje o en el respeto deontológico. En este libro se aportan propuestas de utilidad para mejorar la información de emergencias y se describen las experiencias internacionales más relevantes. Como novedad, se ha dedicado un capítulo a los nuevos medios, una aproximación a la web 2.0 en situaciones de emergencia. En síntesis, una obra que puede ser de utilidad para profesionales y académicos interesados en las buenas prácticas de la política informativa en casos de emergencias.
Arantxa Capdevila Gómez i Carles Pont Sorribes (Ed.) La campanya electoral de les eleccions a... more Arantxa Capdevila Gómez i Carles Pont Sorribes (Ed.)
La campanya electoral de les eleccions autonòmiques de 2010, que es va desenvolupar amb el transfons d’una crisi econòmica que començava a despuntar amb força, va estar marcada políticament per tres fets. En primer lloc, pel desgast del govern tripartit després d’una difícil convivència de dues legislatures. En segon lloc, per la certesa d’uns resultats que donaven com a guanyadora a CiU tot i que, sense assegurar-li la majoria absoluta. I per últim, per una ampliació sense precedents del nombre de partits polítics presents en l’escenari electoral català que va fer que en aquesta campanya hi hagués una clara fragmentació en les posicions i en els discursos tant polítics com mediàtics, així com en les opcions de vot de l’electorat.
Aquest estudi aborda l’anàlisi de la campanya de 2010 des de perspectives i metodologies complementàries en el marc de la comunicació política. És el cinquè estudi dedicat a les campanyes electorals catalanes després del anteriors corresponents a les eleccions de 1995, 1999, 2003 i 2006. Diferents equips d’experts i analistes (F. Pallarés, C. Pont, M. Mauri, M. Obradors, S. Cortiñas, I. Di Bonito, D. Domingo, F. Guerrero, L. Gómez, J. Gifreu, T. Airia, T. Moya, F. Sàez, E. Xicoy, E. Pujadas, O. Pérez, M. Oliva, J. Pericot, A. Capdevila, T. Verge, R. Besalú, S. Bermúdez) examinen els aspectes més rellevants de la campanya i les seves repercussions en l’electorat.