Portrayal of the journalist in Spanish cinema from 1990 to 2010

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.31921/doxacom.n29a7

Keywords:

Vladimir Propp, Spanish cinema, cinema of the 90s, role of the journalist, structuralism

Abstract

The journalist is a regular character in Spanish films, and analysing this role is fundamental in learning more about the profession. The aim of this research is to identify the profile of the journalist in cinema from 1990 to 2010, two decades of drastic changes in the modes of communication in our country. In its empirical phase, one of the fundamental contributions can be found in the recovery of Morphology of the Folktale (1928), by Russian Folklorist-Scholar Vladimir Propp, which can be used to establish the characteristics of the reporter from a structuralist point of view. In this book, the conclusion reached is that the heroes are those in charge of serious journalism, whereas the villains, mainly women, are the stars of the television 'boom' with a predominance of morbidity and deceit on the small screen.

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Author Biographies

  • Cristina San José de la Rosa, University of Valladolid, Spain

    She has a degree in Information Sciences (Pontifical University of Salamanca) and a degree in Hispanic Philology (University of Salamanca and the National University of Distance Education (UNED). Her professional career spans 22 years in El Norte de Castilla de Valladolid, Antena 3 Castilla y León, and El Mundo de Castilla y León. In 2006 was awarded the Journalism Award of Valladolid Province. Her doctoral thesis on journalism in Spanish cinema was written in 2017, and her lines of research are related to the presence of journalists in films and cinematic journalism. Since 2013, she has been a professor of Journalistic Writing, Interpretative Journalistic Genres, Cultural Journalism, and Information Theories in the Journalism Degree at the University of Valladolid. She has collaborated to the Culture sections of El Mundo de Castilla y León, in the digital newspaper Tribuna de Valladolid, and in Radio Televisión Castilla y León.

  • Mercedes Miguel Borrás, University of Valladolid, Spain

    She holds a PhD in Audiovisual Communication (Complutense University of Madrid). She is an associate member of the Film Academy in addition to an Associate Professor (University of Valladolid). Her line of research is focused on the poetics of cinema and realism. Her latest publications are related to the following topics: Ken Loach: la voz de los desheredados. Señas de identidad de un cineasta (2018); El cortometraje de ficción español como herramienta de representación de las adicciones sociales: “Exprés” (2018); El cine como verdad rev(b)elada (2015); Volver a la esencia del cine. Hacia una revisión de sus formas expresivas (2013); El cine como escritura: un acercamiento a la obra de Buñuel y Truffaut a través de” Viridiana” y “Los cuatrocientos golpes” (2015) and La poética en el cine según Mario Brenta (2016).

  • Alicia Gil Torres, University of Valladolid, Spain

    Assistant Professor in Journalism at the University of Valladolid. She is a communication consultant and provides advice to political parties, trade unions and companies. Her latest position was Cabinet Director of the State Secretariat of España Global (MAUEC), where she worked on the production of a national narrative to address the threats of disinformation in the framework of the so-called “Catalonian Independence Process”. As a researcher, she has participated in a large number of funded projects and currently belongs to the research group Politainment en el entorno de la postverdad: nuevas narrativas, clickbait y gamification, at the University of Valladolid.

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Published

11-12-2019

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Miscellaneous of Research articles and essays

How to Cite

San José de la Rosa, C., Miguel Borrás, M., & Gil Torres, A. (2019). Portrayal of the journalist in Spanish cinema from 1990 to 2010. Doxa Comunicación. Interdisciplinary Journal of Communication Studies and Social Sciences, 29, 139-159. https://doi.org/10.31921/doxacom.n29a7
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