The spanish media in times of pandemic: news generation on social media during COVID-19
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This research presents a quantitative study on the information disseminated by the main Spanish media in their social network profiles during the onset stage of the pandemic in Spain until the conclusion of the first State of Alarm decreed by the Spanish Government. In this regard, the results presented show both, the degree of interest by citizens in the information related to COVID-19 during the established time frame and also in which social channels these messages have had greater interaction and acceptance. Likewise, the research has allowed obtaining precise data on which social networks respond best depending on the type of messages and disseminated content. In addition, the research methodological design has led to obtaining results on other social topics of interest and current affairs that are not related to the pandemic and that media also generated in their discourse during the established months for the analysis.
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