Relaciones entre laboratorios y medios de comunicación. Fármacos y enfermedades en la prensa: el caso de la disfunción eréctil, Viagra y Cialis = Relations between laboratories and media. Drugs and diseases in the press: the case of erectile dysfunction, Viagra and Cialis
Abstract
Resumen: La preocupación por la salud por parte de los españoles se ha hecho un hueco entre las áreas consideradas de mayor interés para los ciudadanos. Este hecho se ha traducido, desde una perspectiva mediática, en mayor presencia de información sanitaria en los medios. En esta línea, se presentan resultados de una investigación que analiza la influencia de los más destacados laboratorios de la industria farmacéutica (Pfizer y Lilly) en introducir en la agenda informativa sus productos y hacer de ellos un tema informativo relevante. El estudio de caso se centra en la disfunción eréctil, que entra en la agenda mediática motivado por el lanzamiento de sus principales fármacos: Viagra y Cialis. El estudio contempla un análisis de contenido en El País y en El Mundo durante el año previo y posterior al lanzamiento de Viagra y Cialis. Los resultados evidencian que un año antes de comercializarse la información sobre la disfunción eréctil era escasa, aumentando cuando la fecha de lanzamiento se aproximaba o ya estaba en el mercado.
Palabras clave: Empresa farmacéutica; agenda mediática; agenda setting; gabinete de prensa; salud.
Abstract: The Spaniards’ concern about health has carved a niche among the areas considered of major interest to citizens. This increased demand for health information in the media has from a media perspective. In this line with this, we present the results of an investigation that analyzes the influence of two of the leading laboratories in the Spanish pharmaceutical industry (Pfizer and Lilly) in introducing their commercial products in the news agenda and make them a relevant news topic. Tracking the case study focuses on erectile dysfunction, health aspect comes into the media agenda driven by the launch of two of its major drugs: Viagra and Cialis. The study considers a content analysis in El País and El Mundo in the period before and after the launch of Viagra and Cialis. The results reveal that one year before the release of these products the information related to erectile dysfunction was scarce, it increased as the date of launch of the medicine approached or when it was being marketed.
Keywords: Pharmaceutical company; media agenda; agenda setting; press office; health.Downloads
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