Contemporary Art in the Newspaper El País: Double Analysis of the contents

Automation of the quantitative analysis of the artistic content of a journal comparison of the results with the Stempel method and computational analysis using Python programmin

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https://doi.org/10.62161/sauc.v11.5729

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Contemporary Arts, Newspaper, El País, Quantitative, Stempel, Software studies, Phyton, Webscrapping, Data Science

Abstract

This study confirms the consistency of a dual repeated analysis of contemporary art content in El País newspaper, employing, first, the Stempel methodology and, second, its automation through web scraping techniques using Python programming. Pending the development of fully autonomous AI systems that will enable real-time monitoring of information system content, both approaches confirm that—marking a century since the traditionally accepted birth of contemporary art (Duchamp, 2017)—there is limited representation of current art in an iconic Spanish media outlet for a statistically typical year, compared to coverage in the Sports section and other cultural categories such as Film and Series. Additionally, the study reveals a hyperbolic and materialistic vocabulary in the representation of contemporary art.

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2025-07-01

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Fernández-Costa O’Dogherty, R., Calvo, E., & Sotelo González, J. (2025). Contemporary Art in the Newspaper El País: Double Analysis of the contents: Automation of the quantitative analysis of the artistic content of a journal comparison of the results with the Stempel method and computational analysis using Python programmin. Street Art & Urban Creativity, 11(4), 111–121. https://doi.org/10.62161/sauc.v11.5729

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Vol. 11 No. 4 (2025)

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