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Beyond ideology: The influence of media diet on affective polarization in Spain
The aim of this research is to determine whether an individual’s media diet influences their affective polarization levels by evaluating the variety of media consumed in ideological terms rather than quantity. The Spanish election campaign of 23 July, 2023 (23J), has been analyzed based on data from the Third National Survey on Political Polarization in Spain conducted by CEMOP (the Murcia Centre for Studies on Public Opinion). A descriptive analysis of audience polarization is presented first, concluding that newspapers and television display high levels of affective polarization. The results of the linear regression performed for the purpose of testing our main objective show that a lack of diversity in television and newspaper consumption leads to higher levels of individual affective polarization. Moreover, it has been observed that consuming content on the television channel La Sexta increases affective polarization among audiences.
Los mensajes populistas en España ante la guerra de Ucrania. Los discursos de Vox y Unidas Podemos
In this artice we will examine the discourse that, on the occasion of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, VOX and Unidas Podemos parties carried out in the Spanish Congress of Deputies in order to explain their position on this issue. To do so, we will carry out a qualitative analysis of certain discursive elements of both formations, in order to try to show whether they present elements that could be considered populist in nature, despite being located at opposite ends of the ideological spectrum. Thus, we will try to demonstrate that most of the variables defended by Charaudeau are found in both discourses and that, therefore, populism cannot be ascribed to a specific ideology, since its discursive characteristics can be found represented in parties with antagonistic ideologies.