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News media behaviour in Twitter during a major political event: Study of the Twitter accounts of the main Spanish news media before the 10N General Elections

Published: 22 January 2021 Publication History

Abstract

Twitter is considered one of the most relevant social platforms for political discussion, as well as one of the most visible scenarios for mass media to share their contents and inform their audiences. This work analyses the tweets posted by the accounts of twenty relevant Spanish mass media during the two weeks prior to the 10th of November General Elections in Spain. It was observed that political information was covered in more than one fifth of the tweets, that digital media were the ones paying most attention to politics, and that PSOE and VOX were the most mentioned parties.
Medium
Type
Twitter account
Telecinco
TV
@informativost5
Antena 3
TV
@A3Noticias
La 1
TV
@telediario_tve
Cuatro
TV
@noticias_cuatro
La Sexta
TV
@sextaNoticias
Ser
Radio
@La_SER
COPE
Radio
@COPE
Onda Cero
Radio
@OndaCero_es
RNE
Radio
@rne
esRadio
Radio
@esRadio
El País
Press
@el_pais
El Mundo
Press
@elmundoes
ABC
Press
@abc_es
La Razón
Press
@larazon_es
20 Minutos
Press
@20m
El Español
Press
@elespanolcom
El Confidencial
Digital
@elconfidencial
okdiario
Digital
@okdiario
eldiario.es
Digital
@eldiarioes
Publico.es
Digital
@publico_es
Search terms
PSOE
@PSOE; @sanchezcastejon; @Adrilastra; @mjmonteroc; PSOE; Pedro Sánchez (Sánchez); Adriana Lastra (Lastra); Mª (María) Jesús Montero; Carmen Calvo.
PP
@populares; @PabloCasado_; @anapastorjulian; @CayetanaAT; @TeoGarciaEgea; PP; Pablo Casado (Casado); Ana Pastor (Pastor); Álvarez de Toledo; Teodoro García Egea.
CIUDADANOS
@CiudadanosCs; @Cs_Madrid; @Albert_Rivera; @InesArrimadas; @begonavillacis; Albert Rivera (Rivera); Inés Arrimadas (Arrimadas); Ciudadanos; Cs; C's.
PODEMOS
@ahorapodemos; @Pablo_Iglesias_; @Irene_Montero_; @agarzon; Pablo Iglesias (Iglesias); Irene Montero (Montero); Alberto Garzón (Garzón).
VOX
@vox_es; @Santi_ABASCAL; @monasterioR; @ivanedlm; Vox; Santiago Abascal (Abascal); Espinosa de los Monteros; Rocío Monasterio (Monasterio).
MÁS PAÍS
@MasPais_es; @ierrejon; Iñigo Errejón (Errejón).
ERC
@Esquerra_ERC; @gabrielrufian; Gabriel Rufián (Rufián); ERC.
JXCAT
@JxCat; @QuimTorraiPla; Borràs; Torra.
PNV
@eajpnv; @aitor_esteban; PNV, Aitor Esteban.
BILDU
@ehbildu; @ArnaldoOtegi; Arnaldo Otegi (Otegi), Bildu.
It is interesting to highlight how printed media, despite being the ones with the largest number of tweets of the period, are the ones with the smallest proportion of political information –16.04% of all their tweets–; this can be explained by the diverse coverage of these media, who must include information about multiple topics. It is also relevant to point out the lack of interest in political information of the Twitter accounts of two television broadcasters: Telecinco and Cuatro, both of them belonging to the Mediaset media conglomerate, what agrees with the business model of this group, more focused on entertainment than information (see Figure 2).

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