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Maxwell McCombs (2004) defines electoral campaigns as "natural laboratories" for analyzing how near or far the proposals of the programs of political parties, the issues as set out by the media and the concerns expressed by the general public are from each other. This article contributes a comparative analysis in two ways. On the one hand, it systematizes the existing similarities and differences in the media coverage of three general election campaigns (Ecuador 2021, Spain 2019 and Argentina 2019), based on the indicators concerning "issue agendas" and "attribute agendas" (1st and 2nd level of agenda setting). On the other hand, it explores the existing associations between the most significant issues of the media and public agendas in the framework of the three aforementioned electoral campaigns. Among the results obtained, it is worth pointing out, firstly, the dissociation of the main concerns expressed by public opinion and the most prominent issues in the main media of the three countries. In other words, the media (media agenda) give greater visibility to issues of political conflict than to issues of concerns of the citizens themselves (public agenda). Secondly, the agenda of the media studied using a content analysis of the following daily newspapers: El Comercio (Ecuador), El País (Spain) and Clarín (Argentina), is like the most unobtrusive issues (Zucker, 1978), such as corruption or political activity. They are clearly different from those issues which feature in the political and social conflicts of those countries. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Introduction The Frente de Todos coalition, which formed the main political alliance in opposition to the national government headed by Mauricio Macri, developed in the 2019 presidential elections a visual/audiovisual communication style which highlights the proximity between politicians and voters. In the last electoral contest held in Argentina, the above-mentioned coalition lead by Alberto Fernández and Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, disseminated, through conventional and digital means of mass communication, a series of spots and photographs in an attempt to make the women and men electors recognise, in the figure of its presidential candidate, a moderate, patient and reformist statesman in relation to the stalest practices of Argentine politics. Principal objective The present case study examines the technical images design disseminated by the Frente de Todos coalition through the Facebook platform. Methodology The methodology consisted of building a corpus of observation units upon which an analysis was performed based on semiotic content. Results The conclusion drawn from this study is that the Frente de Todos coalition developed a visual/audiovisual discourse strategy linked to the proximity that governs the audience democracies. Conclusions This communication style constitutes the electoral production system currently ruling in Argentina, as a style of a period. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Introduction: The article is included in the framework of empirical research on news coverage in the electoral campaign, with the novelty of examining gender stereotypes and biases in information and political infotainment shows in the legislative elections in Argentina in 2017. Methodology: Content analysis is carried out of the most popular information and politainment shows. The sample is made up of 132 broadcasts. Results: It is observed how the presence of male candidates tripled the presence of female candidates in all the examined shows, besides receiving a greater number of mentions. In the case of women, the comments and questions made to them correspond mostly to soft news, while men are related to hard news. Conclusions: Male candidates receive more mentions and invitations in newscasts and talk shows and dominate the hard news. In female candidates, gender stereotypes related to their physical appearance or domestic role are still present. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]