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International Journal of Social Psychology
Revista de Psicología Social
Volume 22, 2007 - Issue 1
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El anuncio político televisivo como herramienta de comunicación electoral. Análisis de caso: los anuncios de la campaña para las elecciones legislativas de marzo de 2004 en España

Televised political spots as electoral communication tools. Case analysis: The spots used in the legislative election campaign in March, 2004, in Spain

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Pages 45-61 | Published online: 23 Jan 2014
 

Resumen

En este trabajo se analizan los contenidos de la comunicación política de campaña electoral que llega a los votantes a través de una herramienta de comunicación específica: el spot político. Se examina una muestra de 28 anuncios electorales televisivos correspondientes a las elecciones legislativas que tuvieron lugar en España en marzo de 2004. No es nuestra intención explicar el modo en que los ciudadanos televidentes experimentan el visionado de los anuncios de campaña. Nuestro foco, en cambio, está puesto en los anuncios mismos porque entendemos que esas pequeñas historias políticas que se narran en los anuncios de TV ponen al descubierto las estrategias que eligen partidos y candidatos para aproximarse a los electores al suponer que serán las más eficaces a la hora de atraer su voto.

Abstract

This paper analyzes the contents of political communication in the electoral campaign that reach voters through a specific communication tool: the political spot. A sample of 28 electoral television spots concerning the legislative elections that took place in Spain in March 2004 is analyzed. It is not our intention to explain the way in which citizens experience the exposure to televised campaign spots. Our focus, instead, is centered on the spots themselves as we believe those short political stories they narrate reveal the strategies that political parties and candidates choose to approach the electorate as they assume these strategies will be the most effective ones to gain their vote.

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