Construction of Cuba’s country image: analysis of the creation of national identity from the adversiting spot

Authors

  • Grettel Rodríguez-Bazan Universidad Central Marta Abreu de Las Villas (Cuba)
  • Raúl Rodríguez-Ayala Canal de televisión provincial Telecubanacán (Cuba)
  • Lisvel Espinosa-Perdomo Canal de televisión provincial Telecubanacán (Cuba)

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.7764/cdi.44.1559

Keywords:

Cuba’s country image, television advertisement, advertising sings, rhetorical figures, semiotic

Abstract

The aim of this paper is to characterize Cuba’s country image through the spots broadcasted by Cubavisión Internacional. For the development of the analysis categories, we used the content analysis method. The results of the investigation show that, in the advertising spots analyzed, Cuba’s country image is poorly represented, based on stereotyped advertising themes and signs, as well as unrepresentative topics of the nation. Advertising signs are used to refer features of the Cuban population and promote tourism, hospitality and consumption of national products.

Author Biographies

Grettel Rodríguez-Bazan, Universidad Central Marta Abreu de Las Villas (Cuba)

Holds a degree in Journalism and a master’s in Education from the Universidad Central Marta Abreu de Las Villas de Santa Clara, Cuba. In this institution, she works as an assistant professor in the Faculty of Journalism and as head of the Audiovisual Communication degree. Her lines of investigation are audiovisual media, image semiotics and the impact of hypermedia journalism in the Cuban press.

Raúl Rodríguez-Ayala, Canal de televisión provincial Telecubanacán (Cuba)

Holds a degree in Journalism from the Universidad Central Marta Abreu de Las Villas de Santa Clara, Cuba. He is a reporter and program director of the Cuban Radio and Television Institute. He has specialized in audiovisual production for multi-platforms. His research is focused on the construction of the country’s image in the media, gender representation and advertising semiotics. He has done postgraduate studies on communication for change in gender issues, audiovisual production and hypermedia language.

Lisvel Espinosa-Perdomo, Canal de televisión provincial Telecubanacán (Cuba)

Holds a degree in Journalism from the Universidad Central Marta Abreu de Las Villas de Santa Clara, Cuba. She works in the Telecubanacán provincial channel as a journalist.

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Published

2020-08-09

How to Cite

Rodríguez-Bazan, G., Rodríguez-Ayala, R., & Espinosa-Perdomo, L. (2020). Construction of Cuba’s country image: analysis of the creation of national identity from the adversiting spot. Cuadernos.Info, (44), 241–256. https://doi.org/10.7764/cdi.44.1559