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82.8% of media users in Spain watch television daily, each of them spending 203 minutes a day, according to the second wave of the General Media Study 2021, a figure that exceeds the European average. In Andalusia, the number rises to 216 minutes a day according to the same report. Hence the interest in analysing the audio-visual companies that fill the different channels with content and, specifically, their social responsibility in the case of Andalusia as an autonomous community, which is above average in terms of consumption. This article studies this social commitment from the perspective of a case study, that of the production company Indaloymedia, a benchmark in Andalusian audiovisual production. The purpose of this company is the creation, production, and distribution of works for television and audio-visual works for the regional market. But what social responsibility can be demanded of a media company? It should not be forgotten that the role of the media is constitutionally enshrined and has its raison d'etre in this social function. The methodology used was the structural approach (Reig, 2017), combined with direct and participant observation. In-depth interviews were also used, complemented by a survey of journalists. The results point to the company's fulfilment of a relevant social function. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Introduction: Since December 2019, when talk began in Spain about the coronavirus that was affecting China, rumors and vague news populated the world. When the disease reached Europe, the proliferation of information multiplied. Since the State of Alert was decreed, hoaxes and fake news have been a constant, which has been reflected in media reports. Methodology: This paper analyses the information published in the Spanish press about fake news related to politics, the controversial declarations of the Chief of Staff of the Guardia Civil and social networks; to know the volume of news and the treatment that the media has given to them. A mixed, qualitative/quantitative methodology has been used with the support of the MAXQDA 2020 tool. Results: After the analysis of 229 texts, it can be stated that the topic of which most information has been published about politics (48.47%), followed by social networks (28.8%) and the controversial statements of the Chief of Staff of the Guardia Civil (22.7%); although at all times the political debate has been present in the information. Discussion: This work opens a line of investigation on whether the spread of harmful information can be limited in a pandemic or whether freedom of expression is above it. Conclusions: The media on the ideological right have published more information with greater political content (73.87%), compared to the left-wing media with only 26.13%. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]