The communication strategy developed on Twitter to promote a mockumentary: "Operación Palace"

Abstract

[Abstract]: Introduction. This article analyses the strategy developed on Twitter to promote the prime-time premiere in the Spanish TV network La Sexta of the controversial TV programme El especial 23F: Operación Palace on 23 February 2014. Method. The activity of six Twitter accounts that promoted the TV programme was monitored for two weeks: the one prior to the broadcast and the one after. Results. The activity of these accounts was very uneven; the accounts of TV Presenter Évole and the TV programme stood out as the most active. Discussion and conclusions. Although Twitter could be used to establish a dialogue between the programme and its public, the analysis allows us to conclude that, with the exception of Évole’s account, most accounts did not establish this dialogue with their Twitter followers. Moreover, these accounts contributed to the confusion of the audience during the promotion of the mockumentary.