In-depth analysis of exclusives stories in the Spanish political journalism: monitoring and factors of competition

Scoops in Spanish political journalism are rare, despite the significant weight given to this kind of content in the whole of the press and to the symbolic importance of its topics. This paper analyzes the scoops published by the five major Spanish newspapers in their politics sections on 2012. The study includes both the amount as the similarities and differences between what was published in the paper and digital versions of each media. The methodology used is based on a quantitative work, under the variant of discourse analysis.