50 | nº 31, pp. 41-61 | doxa.comunicación

July-December of 2020

The decline in reputation of communication professionals following the crisis of Valencia’s media system

ISSN: 1696-019X / e-ISSN: 2386-3978

In this sense, information is available on the employment situation of those surveyed, which is related to the development of the communication sector between 2015 and 2019.

Graph 3. Employment situation of those interviewed at the time of the three surveys

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Another interesting aspect is the professional field of those interviewed, which remained fairly stable during the three surveys, highlighted by the fact that the majority of those who participated are journalists and audio-visual professionals, with a very low participation rate for advertising employees, and very scant participation from the academic world. The latter stood at approximately 17% of the total, which is very low if we consider that the number of academics in the field of communication in the Valencian Region is close to 330 university professors among the 6 Valencian universities with communication studies. In the 2019 survey, an increase in participation by the academic group stands out compared to the other groups.

Graph 4. Professional fields of the respondents at the time of the three surveys

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