The news selection about the European Union in Spanish media. A first-level agenda-setting analysis

This article attempts to make a contribution to the academic debate on communication about the EU taking the Spanish media as the subject matter. Hence, it has been performed a first level study of the Agenda Setting theory developed covering a period of time of 16 months in four Spanish media outlets: El Pais, El Mundo, Telecinco and TVE. It is aimed at studying how the citizens' perception of the EU is conditional upon the thematic selection on EU affairs carried on by the media.