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The Coronavirus pandemic has triggered an authentic infodemic, which is a global epidemic of disinformation that has spread throughout most of the world. Social media platforms and pseudo-media outlets have contributed to the problem by producing and disseminating misleading content that is potentially dangerous to public health. This research focuses on a rather unknown phenomenon, which involves digital sites that mimic the appearance of news media but provide pseudo-information. Five Spanish pseudo-media have been analyzed with the aim of enhancing understanding of the issues and the frames presented. The results show clear links with the far-right ideology as well as the presence of a populist, polarized discourse through the use of belligerent, offensive expressions to refer to institutions and their representatives. Politics is the main issue represented, with a frame that clearly points out the incompetence and cynicism of the Spanish government. Conspiracy theories associate the origins of the pandemic to a Chinese laboratory and emphasize a global plan to establish systemic control. Measures to stop the virus are framed as harmful and ineffective, linked to a euthanasia scheme targeted at older people, especially regarding vaccination, which is presented as a solution offered for economic interests.

The 2019 regional government election in The Valencian Country led to a new panorama on the Right. For the first time, there were three political parties competing for votes. In addition, the notoriety gained by the Far Right created a new political scene, posing a challenge to other parties. This paper analyses how the Partido Popular, Ciudadanos and Vox managed a campaign in which they were both electoral opponents but also potentially future parliamentary allies. The research examines the performance and campaign discourse of these three parties based on content analysis of the coverage of two newspapers' (Levante-EMV and Las Provincias). The study examines the preferred frames of reference, the main topics, the cultural resonances and the ideological frameworks chosen by these parties. The results showed that news on these parties stressed leadership style and strategy — issues that were highlighted in the parties' discourses given that they resonate strongly with Conservative voters. The issues chosen by the Far Right had little impact on the messages put over by the majority parties. The presence of three rightwing parties meant each tried to differentiate itself from the others. Vox [the farthest on the right, reminiscent of France's Front National] tried to distinguish itself from the more mainstream Partido Popular (PP), which in turn was forced to defend its position as the 'institutional' party of the right. Ciudadanos (Cs) was the right-wing party that spoke most often of potential co-operation among the three forces.

El tratamiento de la violencia de género ha experimentado un notable cambio en los medios de comunicación españoles en las últimas dos décadas. Propiciada por la concienciación y la publicación de códigos éticos, esta evolución se caracteriza por abandonar el discurso que enmarcaba la violencia contra las mujeres en la crónica de sucesos para abordarla en su dimensión de problema social con causas estructurales. Sin embargo, los avances en la cobertura informativa contrastan con la aparición de formatos de docuficción, que combinan el testimonio de las víctimas y su entorno con reconstrucciones ficcionadas. Esta investigación tiene como objetivo indagar el tratamiento que ofrecen estos formatos, a partir del análisis del programa Amores que duelen, emitido por la cadena de televisión privada española Telecinco. El estudio cualitativo incluye una temporada de este, emitida entre enero y marzo de 2017, con ocho entregas. A partir del diseño de una ficha de estudio con indicadores específicos del género audiovisual y recursos de ficción o televisión tabloide, se han analizado tanto el discurso de las víctimas y su entorno como el contenido visual. Los resultados de la investigación evidencian la persistencia de estrategias de televisión tabloide en la explotación de la violencia, repetida y potenciada en las escenificaciones. Una apuesta alejada del servicio público que reenmarca este fenómeno en el relato de sucesos, pese a cumplir con algunos criterios deontológicos formales.

The evolution from a public space such as the one defined throughout the twentieth century –characterised by unidirectionality and political and media intermediation– towards a digital scenario –with multiple actors and multi-directional messages– has not resolved the problems that existed beforehand, and has also generated others. This public space crisis has been aggravated by the fragmentation of audiences, often absorbed into their own echo chamber, and by the dispersion and jumble of voices that are an impediment to any possibility of unravelling the terms of public debate. Faced with enormous challenges such as disinformation, the conventional media, who have traditionally held the responsibility of providing quality information, address these issues from a position of extreme vulnerability, due to the disintegration of the former economic model and social credibility. In a context of uncertainty, crisis, and fragmented public spheres, and there being no alternatives that can guarantee distinct dialogue, the initiation of a social debate that prioritises quality of information is essential.

The evolution from a public space such as the one defined throughout the twentieth century –characterised by unidirectionality and political and media intermediation– towards a digital scenario –with multiple actors and multi-directional messages– has not resolved the problems that existed beforehand, and has also generated others. This public space crisis has been aggravated by the fragmentation of audiences, often absorbed into their own echo chamber, and by the dispersion and jumble of voices that are an impediment to any possibility of unravelling the terms of public debate. Faced with enormous challenges such as disinformation, the conventional media, who have traditionally held the responsibility of providing quality information, address these issues from a position of extreme vulnerability, due to the disintegration of the former economic model and social credibility. In a context of uncertainty, crisis, and fragmented public spheres, and there being no alternatives that can guarantee distinct dialogue, the initiation of a social debate that prioritises quality of information is essential.

El periodismo narrativo ha experimentado un auge importante en Latinoamérica, al calor del llamado boom de la crónica latinoamericana. A nivel más modesto, en el ámbito español, ha logrado un particular impulso de la mano de editoriales especializadas. El objetivo de este trabajo es contrastar puntos de vista, temáticas, influencias y publicaciones entre periodistas españoles y latinoamericanos. Metodología. El estudio parte de entrevistas en profundidad a 22 destacados representantes del periodismo narrativo de España, Argentina y Chile. Resultados y conclusiones. Pese a la diversidad de denominaciones, los periodistas de ambas latitudes coinciden al identificar las claves del género y apuntan las dificultades para su desarrollo, por la falta de espacios en la prensa convencional, que han absorbido el libro y las revistas. A la versatilidad temática se suman algunas diferencias entre autores españoles y latinoamericanos, tanto al abordar la estructura narrativa como en la reciprocidad de las referencias profesionales.

"This book uses a multidisciplinary and multi-national approach to analyze the relationships between communication, politics, and democracy regarding the challenges and threats faced by contemporary democracies while disinformation, polarization and populism have a main role in the present hybrid communicative scenario"--

Esta investigación analiza el papel de los defensores de los lectores (ombudsman) a la hora de velar por la calidad periodística y responder a las quejas de los lectores activos. Metodología: Para ello se han analizado cerca de doscientos artículos publicados en nueve diarios internacionales de reconocida trayectoria, entre 2014 y 2015, partiendo de una metodología cualitativa y cuantitativa. Resultados y conclusiones: El artículo muestra la variedad de modelos de actuación de los ombudsman, tanto por las temáticas a las que dedican atención como por la forma de recoger las reclamaciones o de argumentar sus respuestas a los lectores activos. El ombudsman se erige antes como una figura de perfil diplomático que modera el debate o se convierte en interlocutor de los lectores que como un rol capaz de garantizar el cumplimiento efectivo de los criterios de calidad o de cuestionar las decisiones editoriales del medio.

This article discusses the opinions of Spanish journalists on the quality of their professional work and how it is being affected by the current economic, technological, commercial and professional context. The results are based on a questionnaire in which 363 Spanish journalists participated, all with a minimum of three years experience. Their answers reflect on the structure and behavior of media companies and current production of news. The article specifically focuses on exposing the journalists' opinions on the quality of their work. The results show that 81% of the participants state that standards of quality in journalistic production has deteriorated. This deterioration is believed to be connected to the effect of the economic struggles in the sector. They suggested that the principle motives of this decline lie in the lack of economic and political independence, a lack of private investment and in the problems caused by technological changes. These situations all fall into the context of a precarious labor market within the sector. The article also links the results with academic works that have analyzed the quality of journalism over recent years. It offers, for the first time in the Spanish academic context, the Spanish journalists' own point of view on these issues.

Este artículo expone los resultados de una investigación acerca del modo en el que los periodistas españoles en ejercicio enjuician la calidad periodística y cómo esta se ve afectada por el contexto económico, tecnológico, empresarial, laboral y profesional actual del periodismo. El texto recoge los resultados de una encuesta en la que participan 363 periodistas españoles con al menos tres años de experiencia en medios de comunicación. Sus respuestas aluden, entre otros aspectos, a las reflexiones acerca de la estructura y el comportamiento de las empresas informativas, así como las características predominantes de la información periodística en la actualidad. En particular, el artículo se centra en exponer las consideraciones de los periodistas acerca del cuidado o esmero de su labor profesional. Entre los principales resultados destaca que el 81% de los encuestados reconoce un empeoramiento de los patrones de calidad del producto periodístico, que ligan a la crisis del sector. Entre las posibles causas se mencionan la falta de independencia económica y política de los medios, la falta de inversión empresarial y los problemas derivados de los cambios tecnológicos, todo ello en un contexto de precarización del mercado laboral periodístico. El artículo vincula estos resultados a otros estudios internacionales que han abordado, de manera sistemática, la calidad periodística, aportando por primera vez en el contexto académico español una perspectiva de la cuestión a partir de los propios profesionales ; This article discusses the opinions of Spanish journalists on the quality of their professional work and how it is being affected by the current economic, technological, commercial and professional context. The results are based on a questionnaire in which 363 Spanish journalists participated, all with a minimum of three years experience. Their answers reflect on the structure and behavior of media companies and current production of news. The article specifically focuses on exposing the journalists' opinions on the quality of their work. The results show that 81% of the participants state that standards of quality in journalistic production has deteriorated. This deterioration is believed to be connected to the effect of the economic struggles in the sector. They suggested that the main motives of this decline lie in the lack of economic and political independence, a lack of private investment and in the problems caused by technological changes. These situations all fall into the context of a precarious labor market within the sector. The article also links the results with academic works that have analyzed the quality of journalism over recent years. It offers, for the first time in the Spanish academic context, the Spanish journalists' own point of view on these issues

"Concerns about disinformation have witnessed extraordinary growth since the mid-2010s, despite the spread of false and distorted messages in the public arena not being a new phenomenon. In 2016, the Oxford Dictionary declared 'post-truth' as its word of the year, highlighting a historical and political time in which disinformation strategies reached new heights, fueled by the hybridization of the communicative ecosystem (Chadwick 2013) in a context of increasing polarization and populism. The election of Donald Trump in 2016 or the Brexit referendum the same year were milestones in the awareness of the role manipulative messages play and their effects on political decisions, particularly in times of crisis (Spence, Lachlan, Edwards, and Edwards 2016). Disinformation strategies take advantage of social networks to go viral quickly, and benefit from another of these networks' inherent characteristics: their ability to discriminate and stratify the public according to the most diverse criteria (Wagner and Boczkowski 2019). Any person or company with a sufficiently large and specialized database can now distribute content among the public according to multiple criteria, allowing much more to be known about their tastes, hobbies, opinions, etc. than in the past. In fact, public participation data on social networks (who they follow, in which groups they participate, what content they share, etc.) is one of the main elements that helps increase the effectiveness of the messages sent to the public. The snowball of disinformation can, in fact, feed itself and improve its effectiveness in each wave (Tucker et al. 2018)"--