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Diversity of Journalisms. Proceedings of ECREA/CICOM Conference, Pamplona, 4-5 July 2011
With regard to the geographical setting of the top three news stories, national news
was most prevalent, comprising more than 90% of news broadcast in the on-air bulletin
at 14:00.
Table 2: Geographical setting of the three main news headlines in the principal news broadcasts on
general-interest radio stations in Spain (14.00), 24 April 2009 and 26 March 2010
No. of news stories %
Spain 28 93.3%
International 2 6.7%
Total 30 100
Source: by the authors
Politics, economics and society were also the most prevalent topics in the news stories
sampled from the radio station webpages. Online accounts of economic topics were
more extensive than the equivalent news broadcast on the main news program. In
most cases, however, it should be noted that the focus of such economic news
comprised political assessments of the unemployment figures.
On the other hand, sports featured prominently in the three main news stories
published on the Radiotelevisión Española website. Moreover, society news was more
prevalent among the three main online news stories than in on-air broadcasts.
Table 3: Topics of the three main news headlines on the webpages of general-interest radio stations in
Spain (14.00), 24 April 2009 and 26 March 2010
No. of news stories %
Economics 7 23.30%
Politics 14 46.70%
Society 7 23.30%
Culture - -
Technology - -
Sports 2 6.70%
Total 30 100%
Source: by the authors
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