La representación de la inmigración en la ficción serial española contemporánea de prime time

María Marcos Ramos; Beatriz González de Garay Dominguez; Carla Portillo Delgado

doi:10.4185/RLCS-2019-1331

Authors

María Marcos Ramos University of Salamanca https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3764-7177
Beatriz González de Garay Dominguez University of Salamanca https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0382-0640
Carla Portillo Delgado University of Salamanca https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7124-1050

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.4185/RLCS-2019-1331

Keywords:

immigration, television fiction, prime time, content analysis

Abstract

Introduction. This research aims to present the current state of the representation of immigration in the Spanish television series broadcasted in prime time on the main generalist channels. Methodology. A content analysis was carried out on 26 Spanish production series from 2016 and the first semester of 2017 and 723 characters (n = 723) in order to determine if there is an unequal portrayal of national and immigrant characters. Results. It is concluded that there is an underrepresentation of immigration resident in Spain and an overrepresentation of Spanish emigration. The non-Spanish characters are predominantly characterized as original from Europe, Africa and the United States, with background narrative roles, higher education; and they present a lower representation of mid-level technicians and students and a greater presence of criminal and police/military activities.

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Author Biographies

María Marcos Ramos, University of Salamanca

María Marcos Ramos has a degree in Audiovisual Communication from the University of the Basque Country and a doctorate in Audiovisual Communication from the University of Salamanca (Extraordinary Doctorate Award from the University of Salamanca). She is an associate professor at the Department of Sociology and Communication at the University of Salamanca since 2016 and since 2012 at the American institution IES Abroad Salamanca. She is Secretary of the Congress of Novels and Noir Cinema and director of the IV Congress of History, Literature and Art in Cinema in Spanish and Portuguese at the University of Salamanca. Since 2001 he has worked for various media (EITB, Antena 3, Telecinco, TVE, ...) in various positions (camera, editing, assembly, production, etc.

Beatriz González de Garay Dominguez, University of Salamanca

Beatriz González de Garay Domínguez is Assistant Professor in Audiovisual Communication at the University of Salamanca and a member of the Observatory of Audiovisual Content. Graduated with an Extraordinary End of Degree Award in Audiovisual Communication from the Carlos III University of Madrid and a European Doctor from the Complutense University. She taught at the Complutense University within the framework of the University Teacher Training grant from the Ministry of Education. Her main areas of research are Studies of gender and sexual diversity in television fiction and audiovisual heritage. She has also worked outside the university as a script analyst at Telecinco and as an assistant director on the Hospital Central series.

Carla Portillo Delgado, University of Salamanca

Carla Portillo Delgado has a degree in Communication from the University of Colima (Mexico) and a master's degree in Research in Audiovisual Communication from the University of Salamanca.

She is currently a doctoral student in the doctoral program "Training in Knowledge Society" at the University of Salamanca. Her lines of research are documentary cinema, migration and feminism.

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