The advertising aspect of Spanish journalistic infotainment in prime time

Keywords: Television, programming, advertising, infotainment, television promotion, Paltering, deception and politics, propaganda, disinformation, Spanish media

Abstract

El hormiguero (Antena 3) and El intermedio (laSexta), due to their prime-time broadcast, their 18 seasons on air and their high promotional demand, stand as television commercial options of media relevance. To answer how they execute their advertising aspect and elucidate their consumption profile, a content analysis of 1,500 spots is carried out. A theoretical construction to analyse promotion in infotainment that concludes two models: numerous and classic blocks in the face of exclusivity and hybridization, with spots for home products that diversify stereotypes, maintain the faces of celebrities and change roles to integrate a young-adult concerned about economic stability, family and happiness, from emotionality, and individualism. Strategies enriched with classic elements, music and slogans, and creative from the sets, with collaborators, characters and props that prolong their differentiation in content, ideology or structures to their commercial formula.

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Patricia Gascón-Vera, Universidad de Zaragoza

Patricia Gascón-Vera es doctora en Periodismo con mención cum laude y Premio Extraordinario de Doctorado (2022). Acreditada como contratado doctor por ANECA, soy investigadora postdoctoral Margarita Salas de la Universidad de Zaragoza en la Universidad Complutense de Madrid. Miembro del Grupo de Investigación en Comunicación e Información Digital (GICID) y del Instituto Universitario de Patrimonio y Humanidades (IPH) de la Universidad de Zaragoza. Participa en el equipo de trabajo del Proyecto de cibercomunidades patrimoniales (TED2021-131174B-I00) y en el Proyecto Cartografía de los discursos del odio en España desde la comunicación: ámbito deportivo, taurino y político (CARDIOCOM) (PID2019 105613GB-C31). Sus líneas de investigación se enmarcan en el ámbito audiovisual, en los formatos televisivos de humor y en la comedia cinematográfica. Además, ha ejercido como periodista en el Gobierno de Aragón y en las Cortes de Aragón, es licenciada en Periodismo, Comunicación Audiovisual y Publicidad y Relaciones Públicas. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8516-3225

Patricia Zamora-Martínez, Universidad de Valladolid

Patricia Zamora-Martínez has a doctorate in Journalism with a cum laude mention and an International Doctorate from the University of Valladolid (Hired Accredited Doctor, ANECA 2022). Currently, she is a Margarita Salas postdoctoral researcher at the University of Valladolid and a guest researcher at the Complutense University of Madrid in the group “History and Structure of Communication and Entertainment”. Likewise, she is part of the research team of the project (R + D + i): “Politainment in the face of media fragmentation: disintermediation, engagement and polarization” (PID2020-114193RB-I00), and is a member of the Recognized Research Group “New Trends in Communication” (NUTECO). Her lines of research are framed in the analysis of infotainment in television programming; the history of television in Spain, non-verbal communication applied to the political sphere and hate speech on television and social networks. http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5730-7295

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Published
2024-06-25
How to Cite
Gascón-Vera P. y Zamora-Martínez P. . (2024). The advertising aspect of Spanish journalistic infotainment in prime time. Estudios sobre el Mensaje Periodístico, 30(2), 349-362. https://doi.org/10.5209/esmp.93744
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