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Masking Political Engagement: Television Coverage of a Mass Demonstration in Barcelona

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    Identifier: imarina:5128704
    Authors:
    Castello, Enric
    Abstract:
    This article analyzes how statewide and regional public television in Spain handled the demonstration held on September 11, 2012 (the National Day of Catalonia), in Barcelona under the slogan 'Catalonia, a New European State.' The author performed a content analysis of fifty-eight news programs and a narrative analysis of eighty-nine stories. The results indicate that the majority of the channels offered limited coverage of the demonstration. The television narratives also minimized the role of citizen agency in the achievement of goals through democratic participation and displayed a depoliticized account. The author argues that the coverage of the march and its consequences resulted in a masking of citizens political engagement; far from promoting an understanding of why the march was so massively supported, it instead presented a story on politicians strategy. The author relates this case to a wider trend of media coverage of citizens protests in a Western, post-democratic context.
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    Author, as appears in the article.: Castello, Enric;
    Department: Estudis de Comunicació
    URV's Author/s: Castelló Cogollos, Enric
    Keywords: Television news Public television Political conflict Mediatization Demonstrations coverage Democracy
    Abstract: This article analyzes how statewide and regional public television in Spain handled the demonstration held on September 11, 2012 (the National Day of Catalonia), in Barcelona under the slogan 'Catalonia, a New European State.' The author performed a content analysis of fifty-eight news programs and a narrative analysis of eighty-nine stories. The results indicate that the majority of the channels offered limited coverage of the demonstration. The television narratives also minimized the role of citizen agency in the achievement of goals through democratic participation and displayed a depoliticized account. The author argues that the coverage of the march and its consequences resulted in a masking of citizens political engagement; far from promoting an understanding of why the march was so massively supported, it instead presented a story on politicians strategy. The author relates this case to a wider trend of media coverage of citizens protests in a Western, post-democratic context.
    Thematic Areas: Visual arts and performing arts Science and technology studies Media studies and communication Información y documentación Historia General o multidisciplinar Film, radio, television Educação Cultural studies Comunicació i informació Comunicação e informação Communication Ciencias sociales Ciências sociais aplicadas i Ciencias humanas Arts
    licence for use: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/
    Author's mail: enric.castello@urv.cat
    Author identifier: 0000-0003-2154-2450
    Record's date: 2024-09-07
    Papper version: info:eu-repo/semantics/submittedVersion
    Link to the original source: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/1527476414545890
    Licence document URL: https://repositori.urv.cat/ca/proteccio-de-dades/
    Papper original source: Television & New Media. 16 (6): 521-537
    APA: Castello, Enric; (2015). Masking Political Engagement: Television Coverage of a Mass Demonstration in Barcelona. Television & New Media, 16(6), 521-537. DOI: 10.1177/1527476414545890
    Article's DOI: 10.1177/1527476414545890
    Entity: Universitat Rovira i Virgili
    Journal publication year: 2015
    Publication Type: Journal Publications
  • Keywords:

    Communication,Cultural Studies,FILM, RADIO, TELEVISION,Visual Arts and Performing Arts
    Television news
    Public television
    Political conflict
    Mediatization
    Demonstrations coverage
    Democracy
    Visual arts and performing arts
    Science and technology studies
    Media studies and communication
    Información y documentación
    Historia
    General o multidisciplinar
    Film, radio, television
    Educação
    Cultural studies
    Comunicació i informació
    Comunicação e informação
    Communication
    Ciencias sociales
    Ciências sociais aplicadas i
    Ciencias humanas
    Arts
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