An analysis of Spain’s presence in the world’s media

The Elcano Royal Institute is a think-tank for international and strategic studies that analyses world events and trends from a Spanish, European and global perspective.

The Elcano Royal Institute's Working Papers are longer documents of an academic nature - usually between 12,000 and 15,000 words long, with footnotes and bibliographies - on current international affairs of relevance to Spain or on different aspects of Spain's foreign policy and security.

This study looks at the overall presence of Spain in the written news media and the most important news stories about Spain in the world’s most influential media outlets. The term ‘influential media outlets’ refers to those news media that, as well as concerning themselves with information and the dissemination of news stories, generate mainstream trends through ideas and opinions.

To which subjects is Spain linked? What is Spain associated with and what are the predominant dynamics in the world’s news media? These are some of the overarching questions to which we hope to find answers.