Press Coverage of the Implementation of the Euro in Spain

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https://doi.org/10.4185/RLCS-63-2008-774-368-381

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European Union, Europe, Press, Journalism, Newspapers, Euro, Spain, Content analysis, Single currency, Correspondent, Economic and Monetary Union

Abstract

In relation to the press coverage of matters connected with the European Union, we have established a map of coordinates based on research carried out during a period of time. Firstly, we have identified and described the methods and attitudes used by journalists, especially by press correspondents located in Brussels covering EU community news. At the same time, we have studied the ideological and cultural conditioning factors of these correspondents in relation to their professional work. Once we had identified their professional practice, on the one hand, and the ideological and cultural attitudes of European journalists on the other, we carried out a study on the articulation of the different types of discourse in order to obtain a series of interrelations that establish the limits of different open spaces regarding the future of European journalism. In this article, we have used the information gathered and applied it to a conceptual framework in order to study the journalistic coverage given by the Spanish press to a very important European community event: the implementation of the Euro.

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Joaquín Sotelo González, Complutense University of Madrid

Joaquín Sotelo González is a professional journalist, doctor in Journalism and associate professor of Communication Structure at the Faculty of Information Sciences of the Complutense University of Madrid. Most of his research and writings, including his doctoral thesis, deal with matters related to the European Union, on which he has developed work in some of the most prestigious European research centers, including Oxford University and Oxford Brookes University ( Oxford, England), European University Institute (Florence, Italy) and University College of Cork (Cork, Republic of Ireland).

Between 2001 and 2005 he enjoyed a Research Personnel Training grant from the Complutense University of Madrid. He is currently a member of the Media Observatory (recognized research group) of the Complutense University of Madrid and has around twenty publications and numerous participations in various research projects.

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2008-07-18

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Sotelo González, J. (2008). Press Coverage of the Implementation of the Euro in Spain. Revista Latina De Comunicación Social, (63), 368–381. https://doi.org/10.4185/RLCS-63-2008-774-368-381

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No. 63 (2008)

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Miscellaneous

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