La apuesta por el deporte en la prensa local española como elemento clave para hacer comunidad. Un análisis de las fotografías de portada

Miguel Ángel Jimeno; José Luis Rojas Torrijos

doi:10.5209/ESMP.58039

Focus on sports as a key element to make community for Spanish local press. A study of front-page images

Miguel Ángel Jimeno Universidad de Navarra
José Luis Rojas Torrijos Universidad de Sevilla

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5209/ESMP.58039

Keywords: Sports journalism, local journalism, community, daily press, photojournalism

Abstract

This research analyses the strategic importance of sports news in the regional daily press in Spain as far as the creation of community and strenghtening of emotional relationships to readers are concerned. To this end, this paper contains a study of all front pages of twelve leading regional daily newspapers in Spain (La Vanguardia, El Periódico, Levante, Las Provincias, La Voz de Galicia, El Faro de Vigo, El Correo, El Diario Vasco, Heraldo de Aragón, Diario de Burgos, El Diario Montañés and Diario de Navarra) published from January 1st to May 31st in 2016. Moreover, this research also comprises a revision of several special sports coverages developed by regional dailies during these last years.

Downloads

Download data is not yet available.

View citations

Article download

PDF (Español (España))

Crossmark

Metrics

Published

2017-11-20

How to Cite

Jimeno M. Á. y Rojas Torrijos J. L. (2017). Focus on sports as a key element to make community for Spanish local press. A study of front-page images. Estudios sobre el Mensaje Periodístico, 23(2), 1179-1197. https://doi.org/10.5209/ESMP.58039

Download Citation

Issue

Vol. 23 No. 2 (2017)

Section

Research and Documents

License

In order to support the global exchange of knowledge, the journal Estudios sobre el Mensaje Periodístico is allowing unrestricted access to its content as from its publication in this electronic edition, and as such it is an open-access journal. The originals published in this journal are the property of the Complutense University of Madrid and any reproduction thereof in full or in part must cite the source. All content is distributed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 use and distribution licence (CC BY 4.0). This circumstance must be expressly stated in these terms where necessary. You can view the summary and the complete legal text of the licence.