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Newspaper attention and policy activities in Spain
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Spain"s newspapers are characterised by strong partisan identities. We demonstrate that the two leading newspapers nonetheless show powerful similarities in the topics of their coverage over time. The media system is strongly related to the policy process and it shows similar levels of skew (attention focuses on just a few topics) and friction (attention lurches rapidly from topic to topic) as others have shown for policy processes more generally. Further, media attention is significantly related to parliamentary activities. Oral questions in parliament track closely with media attention over time. Our assessment is based on a comprehensive database of all front-page stories (over 95,000 stories) in El Paı´s and El Mundo, Spain"s largest daily newspapers, and all 7,446 oral questions from 1996 to 2009. The paper shows that explanations of friction and skew in governmental activities should incorporate media dynamics as well. Political leaders are clearly sensitive to media salience.
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CHAQUÉS BONAFONT, Laura and BAUMGARTNER, Frank R. Newspaper attention and policy activities in Spain. Journal of Public Policy. 2013. Vol. 33, num. 1, pags. 65-88. ISSN 0143-814X. [consulted: 22 of May of 2026]. Available at: https://hdl.handle.net/2445/49364