Author, as appears in the article.: Gracia-Arnaiz, Mabel; Garcia-Oliva, Montserrat; Demonte, Flavia;
Department: Antropologia, Filosofia i Treball Social
URV's Author/s: Gracia Arnaiz, Maria Isabel
Keywords: Spain Obesity Media Hunger Food insecurity
Abstract: In Spain, between 2008 and 2014, hunger was recognised as a social problem from different spheres. As a relevant actor, the press associated it with the increase in food insecurity as a result of the financial crisis, austerity policies and growing unemployment. This article takes up this previous analysis and compares it with the media discourses produced between 2015 and 2018, a period referred to as "post-crisis". A qualitative study of news stories in three digital newspapers evidences significant changes in the conditions that make hunger an issue of social interest, showing how the perception of what is problematic grows and declines according to the attention received in the media and political sphere. Not only is the amount of news about hunger reduced, but the collective meaning of its causes is re-semanticised. Food insecurity is presented as a health problem resulting from social precariousness and is associated with malnutrition and obesity. We discuss the role of media in the construction of the problem of hunger and food insecurity and we conclude that the socio-economic context and the interaction between social actors are explanatory factors of the discursive transformations identified in press.
Thematic Areas: Sociology Sociología Media studies and communication Interdisciplinary research in the social sciences Interdisciplinar Gender studies Educação Comunicación Comunicação e informação Communication Ciencias sociales
licence for use: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/
Author's mail: mabel.gracia@urv.cat
Author identifier: 0000-0002-6429-6395
Record's date: 2023-08-05
Papper version: info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
Link to the original source: https://revistas.usc.gal/index.php/ricd/article/view/8388
Licence document URL: http://repositori.urv.cat/ca/proteccio-de-dades/
Papper original source: International Journal Of Communication And Development. 4 (16):
APA: Gracia-Arnaiz, Mabel; Garcia-Oliva, Montserrat; Demonte, Flavia; (2022). The problem of hunger in Spain: analysis of digital media from 2008-2018. International Journal Of Communication And Development, 4(16), -. DOI: 10.15304/ricd.4.16.8388
Article's DOI: 10.15304/ricd.4.16.8388
Entity: Universitat Rovira i Virgili
Journal publication year: 2022
Publication Type: Journal Publications
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