Networks, Society, and Polis: Epistemological Approaches on Mediatization

Discussing mediatization of politics based on the portuguese case 129 Table 1: Profile of commentators by television station Emiss./ Perfil 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 G E N E R A L I S T S RTP1 J. P. 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 2 2 0 2 2 0 2 2 0 2 2 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 2 0 2 3 3 0 SIC J. P. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 3 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 TVI J. P. A. 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 1 4 1 3 0 4 1 3 0 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 0 2 0 2 0 Total J. P. A. 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 0 4 1 3 0 7 1 6 0 6 1 5 0 3 1 2 0 3 1 2 0 3 1 2 0 3 1 2 0 4 1 2 1 7 2 5 0 5 2 3 0 3 2 1 0 6 2 4 0 6 2 4 0 7 4 3 0 C A B L E RTPINF J. P. A. Outros - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 9 2 0 7 0 10 2 0 8 0 13 2 3 8 0 12 0 7 5 0 4 4 0 0 0 4 4 0 0 0 5 4 0 0 0 5 5 0 0 0 5 5 0 0 0 5 5 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 SICN J. P. A. Outros - - - - - 6 6 0 0 0 6 6 0 0 0 6 6 0 0 0 5 5 0 0 0 5 5 0 0 0 6 5 1 0 0 6 5 1 0 0 5 5 0 0 1 7 4 0 2 1 7 4 0 2 1 7 3 1 2 1 9 3 2 2 2 15 3 5 3 4 15 3 5 3 4 14 3 5 2 2 TVI24 J. P. A. Outros - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 22 3 16 3 0 10 2 5 3 0 10 2 5 3 0 17 0 16 0 1 10 0 10 0 0 11 1 10 0 0 18 5 13 0 0 To al J. P. A. Outros - - - - - 6 6 0 0 0 6 6 0 0 0 6 6 0 0 0 5 5 0 0 0 14 7 0 7 0 16 7 1 8 0 19 7 4 8 0 18 5 7 5 1 32 11 16 5 1 21 10 5 5 1 22 9 6 5 2 31 8 18 2 3 30 8 15 3 4 31 9 15 3 4 28 16 18 2 2 Caption: Emiss. = Issuer; J = Journalists; P = Politicians; A = Academics. Regarding commentators from politics, we found that, in the prime-time newscasts of RTP1, there was always the same number of commentators from the two power parties in Portu- gal, that is, from the PS and the PSD. The pluralism principle is expressed in the Television Law as one of the general obligations of generalist operators and, in particular, as one of the duties of