La relación existente entre la sociología del consumo y el mensaje periodístico especializado de las revistas de moda.Un caso práctico: Telva, Elle España y Vogue España

Résumé

This thesis analyses the relation among sociology of consumption and specialized journalistic contents of fashion magazines taking as practical case several female publications like Telva, Elle and Vogue. In a general way the research is based on sociology, journalism and fashion. In a particular way this study has a relevant link with sociology of consumption and specialized fashion journalism. This thesis also includes several references about other disciplines such as advertising, economy and structure of information. This thesis has different theory parts. The first unit covers the origin of sociology, and in particular, a description about sociology of consumption from Industrial Revolution until nowadays including the relation among consumption and fashion. The second theory unit includes the main characteristics of specialized journalism. Finally, this research has a special chapter describing the origin of specialized fashion journalism, the characteristics of fashion journalist contents and the structure of information on Telva, Elle and Vogue. Methodology is based on various tools like content tab –applied to 72 fashion magazines edited in 2015 and 2016-, semi structured interviews made to fashion journalists and experts in consumption and fashion, and finally, structured interviews made to 150 female readers of fashion magazines. The application of these methodological tools has guaranteed the results of this research. The conclusion shows the relation among sociology of consumption and specialized journalistic contents edited on fashion magazines like Telva, Elle and Vogue.