Fonts i protagonistes de la informació en la televisió de proximitat. El cas de Tele Elx

Isabel M. González Mesa; José Alberto García-Avilés

Authors

Isabel M. González Mesa Universitat Miguel Hernández (UMH)
José Alberto García-Avilés Universitat Miguel Hernández (UMH)

Keywords:

television, proximity, local broadcaster, sources, Tele Elx, Tele nit.

Abstract

Following the process of regulation of local digital terrestrial television in Spain, some of the academic research has focused on the beleaguered sector of the so-called proximity television. Although some of the studies go back to the eighties, most of the research deals with historicist or legislative issues, not taking into account other aspects such as the content and programming of local broadcasters. This paper presents the case of Tele Elx, a local television channel born in 1987 in Elche, which we regard as a paradigm of the evolution of proximity television. Our objective is to analyze its news sources and the main actors in its newscasts. We have carried out a content analysis of several samples of its prime-time newscast, Tele nit, which has been broadcasted from its launch. The sample includes 35 newscasts, from 1991 to 2015, which allow us to diachronically carry out an analysis of the evolution of news in local television in Spain.

KEYWORDS: television, proximity, local broadcaster, sources, Tele Elx, Tele nit.