Celebrity news in the Spanish Neotelevision as an infotainment format: analysis of Tómbola (RTVV, 1997-2004).

  • María Teresa Mercado Saez Universidad CEU Cardenal Herrera
Keywords: celebrity news, infotainement, tv genres, Tómbola

Abstract

The infoshow was the first macro-genre of programs of the new television that was consolidated after the deregulation of the system in Europe in the eighties of the XX century consolidating on the grills in many formats. Among them, stand out in Spain the celebrity news tv shows that proliferated from 1993 to 2011. This research focuses on the format that marked a before and after: Tómbola, broadcast on the extinct Channel 9 (RTVV). Through the content analysis specifies the topics that shaped the conversation, the type of characters that intervened, how interviewees and journalists interact, audience and level of conflict generated to discover the keys of the program that adapted the talk show to the peculiarities of celebrity news. The results show that the conflict was not the defining element of success.

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Published
2020-04-04
How to Cite
Mercado Saez M. T. (2020). Celebrity news in the Spanish Neotelevision as an infotainment format: analysis of Tómbola (RTVV, 1997-2004). Estudios sobre el Mensaje Periodístico, 26(2), 665-677. https://doi.org/10.5209/esmp.67824