Divulgación mediática del autismo en el contexto informativo de la televisión pública española

Eva Matarín Rodríguez-Peral; Tomás Gómez Franco; María Julieta Hough

doi:10.35669/rcys.2024.14.e343

Authors

Eva Matarín Rodríguez-Peral King Juan Carlos University https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1701-3911
Tomás Gómez Franco Francisco de Vitoria University https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1701-3911
María Julieta Hough King Juan Carlos University https://orcid.org/0009-0001-7853-3902

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.35669/rcys.2024.14.e343

Keywords:

public television, autism, information, public opinion, audiences

Abstract

Research has shown the impact of news coverage on audiences. However, the accessibility bias also has an impact on the behaviour of the population. For this reason, this research aims to find out what information practices are being carried out by the media that can enhance knowledge about the autism spectrum disorder, facilitating the inclusion of this group. Given the quantitative nature of this research, it is determined to carry out a case study of the Spanish public television news through the analysis of the coverage on autism in La 1. The database has been elaborated with the information provided by the Fundación Ciudadana Civio. It was found that there is a positive evolution in the attention paid to autism, resulting in an increase in the number of mentions. On the other hand, the negative impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and the difficulties to go back to pre-pandemic results have been found. In view of the above, the research on the informative coverage of autism is key for the inclusion of this collective in society: that the cabinets of the ASD associations know in detail the aspects that make it more probable that TVE echoes their data, as well as to show the media a diagnosis of the situation, will allow deepening our knowledge and will facilitate the inclusion of people belonging to the autistic collective.

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Author Biographies

Eva Matarín Rodríguez-Peral, King Juan Carlos University

Sociologist and PhD in Audiovisual Communication, Advertising and Public Relations. Accredited by ANECA as a Professor Hired Doctor and Private University Professor. She has a three-year research period. Postgraduate Specialist in Applied Social Research and Data Analysis. She has coordinated the Master's Degree in Inclusive and Intercultural Education at UNIR. She is a lecturer in Sociology at the URJC. Member of the Recognised Teaching Innovation Group in Sociology (GIDSOC) and of the research team of the HATEMEDIA project. Member of the COMSCIENCIAEDUSPAIN project team, funded by the Ministry of Science and Innovation and FECYT. He has published articles in indexed journals and book chapters in prestigious publishing houses. His lines of research focus on the analysis of communication about social groups.

Tomás Gómez Franco, Francisco de Vitoria University

PhD in applied economics from the UNED. Graduate in CC. Economics and Business Studies from the UCM. Graduate in Law from the UNED, with an official Master's degree in access to the legal profession. Accredited by ANECA as a Hired Doctor Professor and Private University Professor. He has a six-year research period. Professor at the Universidad Francisco de Vitoria, he teaches at the Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, at the Universidad Internacional de Valencia and is a tutor at the UNED. Visiting professor at Saint Kolbe University (USA). Author of publications in indexed journals, books and chapters in prestigious publishing houses, as well as manuals for master's degrees at ESIC, UNIR and VIU. His lines of research are linked to economics and health.

María Julieta Hough, King Juan Carlos University

Degree in journalism from the Universidad Nacional del Centro de la Provincia de Buenos Aires. PhD from the Universidad Rey Juan Carlos. Thesis entitled Working with epilepsy. Social representations and professional conditioning. Lecturer in Sociology. Department of Communication Sciences and Sociology. URJC. She teaches Normative Framework in the Master's Degree in Inclusive and Intercultural Education at the International University of La Rioja. Member of the Recognised Teaching Innovation Group in Sociology (GIDSOC). She is president of the Madrid Epilepsy Association.

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