The thesis presented here focuses on the description of the presence and importance of the properties which go to shape the concept of quality in the information provided on the radio._x000D_ This work shows that quality is susceptible to being studied in the field of information provided by the means of communication. At the same time, the theoretical framework proves the multidimensionality of the concept and its meaning based on attributes and properties. This work brings together the main contributions concerning the quality of information in the framework of radio, taking as its point of reference various experiences and analysis of the audiovisual sector._x000D_ The intention of the author is to provide a study in depth of the knowledge pertaining to the concept of this quality, without avoiding those considerations that permit us to observe, even though it may be only in a vague fashion, the limits of the quality, its definition, and those elements that affect it in either a positive or negative way, enhancing it or diminishing it._x000D_ The theoretical framework is played out between the reasonable abstraction of the concept and its necessary ability to be contrasted. It needs references in order to be able to exist, but it requires the acceptance of a margin of tolerance concerning its variability._x000D_ The combination of qualitative and quantitative methodologies has enabled a study to be made in depth of the properties which go to make up the concept of quality, establishing a valuation method which consists of measuring the connection of properties with the central object of the study in four phases, for the years 1997, 2004, 2009 and 2014. It has also been possible to separate the valuation into two different groups: the listeners and the radio professionals._x000D_ The thesis establishes that there are four central ideas which go to make up the concept of quality in information provided on the radio: contents, form, corporate image and credibility. The latter, to be precise, is the property which appears closest in terms to quality._x000D_ As to the group of properties connected to contents, such as, for example, objectivity, studying subjects in depth, the treatment of sources, and diversity, these are to be found below credibility in the same hierarchy of proximity to quality. By contrast, the properties connected to corporate image, such as the independence of the media in question, its image, professional stability and the importance of the media, occupy the last place in valuations of the groups of properties. In the middle of the hierarchy, we find the properties related to form, such as technical skill, the style of presentation, the quality of sound and linguistic skills._x000D_ The study that has been carried out permits the provision of a concept of the quality of information on the radio that can be defined in the following way: “The quality of information on the radio is a multidimensional concept closely connected to its credibility, which is determined to a large degree by the contents of this information, and to a lesser degree by the way in which this information is presented to the public, and the manner in which the information is influenced by the corporate image of the media in question, the listeners being the information’s final destination and the journalists its main producers.” _x000D_ To sum up, all the conclusions that one can draw from the data obtained seem to confirm that quality plays a transcendental and fundamental role, and that it is present in various dimensions in the production of information on the radio.
Les propietats del concepte de qualitat en la informació radiofònica
Tamborero Viadiu, V. (Author). 10 Sept 2015
Student thesis: Doctoral thesis
Student thesis: Doctoral thesis