The communication of Andalusian political parties on Instagram

This paper focuses on the Autonomous Region of Andalusia (Spain), and analyses messages posted in 2020 on the Instagram profiles of the by-then five main political parties of the region: Partido Popular, Partido Socialista Obrero Español, Ciudadanos, Vox, and Adelante Andalucía. Through a content an...

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Autores: Bellido-Pérez, Elena|||0000-0002-3107-5481, Pineda Cachero, Antonio|||0000-0002-0249-1881, Barragán-Romero, Ana I.|||0000-0002-4285-9038, Liberia Vayá, Irene|||0000-0002-8883-0417
Formato: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2024
País:España
Recursos:Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Repositorio:Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UAB
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ddd.uab.cat:294367
Acesso em linha:https://ddd.uab.cat/record/294367
https://dx.doi.org/urn:doi:10.5565/rev/athenea.3594
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palavra-chave:Instagram
Political communication
Propaganda
Andalusian political parties
Interactivity
Comunicación política
Partidos políticos andaluces
Interactividad
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Resumo:This paper focuses on the Autonomous Region of Andalusia (Spain), and analyses messages posted in 2020 on the Instagram profiles of the by-then five main political parties of the region: Partido Popular, Partido Socialista Obrero Español, Ciudadanos, Vox, and Adelante Andalucía. Through a content analysis of the 1,805 posts published during the pandemic year of 2020, we study the degree of interactive communication of these parties (by using indicators that are both primary and secondary) as well as the main topics and purposes of the political posts in each profile. The results point to a lack of genuine interaction, a primary focus on the economy and health as main topics, and the positioning of individual politicians or parties as predominant purposes of the posts. These results are discussed on the grounds of the literature on Instagram political communication, and the theory of social media interactivity.