La figura del portavoz en la comunicación de una crisis sanitaria:el caso del gobierno español durante la COVID-19.
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Universidad de Murcia
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ISSN: 2173-1675
Year of publication: 2020
Issue Title: Monográfico Covid-19
Volume: 10
Issue: 2
Pages: 397-416
Type: Article
More publications in: Revista de Comunicación y Salud: RCyS
Abstract
Throughoutthispaper,theexerciseofthespeakerroleintheGovernmentofSpainduringthehealthcrisiscausedbyCOVID-19isanalyzedinperspectivewiththeavailabletheoryandtakingthecasestudyasfundamentalmethodology.Theclassicvariablesoncrisisspeaker(profile,numberofspeakers,relationtothemediaanddecision-makingcapacityornotofwhoshouldcarryoutthiswork)areevaluatedinthelightofthestrategyfollowedbytheSpanishExecutive,concludingthatacoordinatedandmixedmulti-voicesystemhasbeenchosen.ThisformathasraisedsomedysfunctionsandinithighlightsincludeDoctorFernandoSimón,theMinisterofHealth,SalvadorIllaandthePresidentoftheGovernment,PedroSánchez.Inordertobeabletodiscusstheprevioustheoreticalevidence,indicatorsareprovidedonthecommunicationofthiscrisisandsomeconflictingpointsarecollectedthatcouldserveforafutureimprovementofmessagestransmissioninthistypeofsituation.Ifuntilnowithasbeenproventhattherecannotbegoodcrisismanagementwithoutpropercommunicationplanning,inthefuture,thenewhealthandecologicalscenarioswillgeneratehighlymediatedmassivethreatcontextsforwhichthecorrectchoiceofthecrisisspeakerwillbedecisive