Análisis de la presencia mediática de la TISP en España y de su posible profesionalización

Abstract

Public Service Interpreting and Translation (PSIT) is an activity which has not yet achieved a professional status in Spain. Despite the many efforts and complaints that have been made, they have not succeeded in achieving its professionalisation. This working paper aims to reconduct them to a still not very explored field, that is, the media, and analyse the possible relation between the media coverage of PSIT and its current status. In this way, based on the hypothesis that media influence or could influence on the professionalisation of PSIT in Spain, four different stages have been stablished so as to carry out the present research: (1) analysis of the media coverage of PSIT in Spain thanks to Internet search engines and applications for key word recognition and the subsequent creation of a material corpus, (2) survey of media workers, (3) design and launch of media initiatives, and (4) evaluation of the media initiatives launched. The results mainly reveal the limited media coverage of PSIT in Spain and the importance of an increase in support of its acknowledgement and, therefore, long-awaited professionalisation.