Propuesta de un código de buenas prácticas para el tratamiento informativo sobre la Unión Europea en medios locales

  1. Rubén Rivas-de-Roca
  2. Mar García-Gordillo
Journal:
Ambitos: Revista internacional de comunicación

ISSN: 1988-5733,  1139-1979

Year of publication: 2024

Issue: 66

Pages: 13-32

Type: Article

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Abstract

The European Union is a political actor with a great influence in the territory of the different European local areas. However, the relevance of the EU institutions has not traditionally been accompanied by appropriate journalistic coverage, especially at local and regional level, which deepens the existence of a democratic and communicative deficit. Considering the intrinsic social function of local media and the concept of quality journalism, this manuscript addresses the building of a decalogue of recommendations based on a mixed research strategy on case studies, combining semi-structured interviews and content analysis. The objective is to provide an analytical tool of good practices, which allows evaluating the quality of the news media treatment of the European project and at the same time serves as a transfer instrument. Based on empirical results on the scarcity and fragmentation of European information, the current proposal defines eight variables on which to act, considering the collision between the positive self-assessment of journalists and poorly specialized practices on the EU. Our main contribution aims to analyze and improve the relevance of local journalistic content, in accordance with the purpose of building a community of citizens duly informed about the European project. Thus, the suggested code of good practice means an ideal model for the communicative development of the European Public Sphere

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