Strategies and treatments applied to news about terrorism on television: A study of the Spanish case

Abstract

The sudden emergence of new digital technologies has led to the appearance of new forms of production, distribution and reception of audiovisual productions, whose effects are made clear in the forms of construction and consumption of audiovisual stories, particularly television news. The television channels construct news stories through spectacle, in order to achieve audience. With this paper, we attempt to provide a reflection and a study of the treatment of terrorism in the news on Spanish television in order to draw conclusions about the way the Spanish channels handle this kind of news and to see the degree of spectacle they offer their audience with the new technologies.