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Glossary entry

Spanish term or phrase:

Prensa Blanca

English translation:

Broadsheet Press

Added to glossary by David Ronder
Sep 8, 2009 23:34
14 yrs ago
Spanish term

Prensa Blanca

Spanish to English Art/Literary Journalism
Hi,
Anyone sure about the correct term in English for prensa blanca (as in prensa amarilla, prensa rosa...)
Thanks.
Proposed translations (English)
4 +1 Broadsheet Press
4 White Press
3 +1 serious press
3 mainstream press
Change log

Sep 29, 2009 10:00: David Ronder Created KOG entry

Discussion

AFerroni (asker) Sep 9, 2009:
I agree that White Press has racial connotations that aren't appropriate in the context. The text deals with a marketing firm discussing where advertising has taken place, in Prensa Blanca, which I understand as run-of-the-mill, non-sensationalist press.
delveneto Sep 9, 2009:
"White press", as far as my research went, is dubious, it is more about race then about having a non-confrontation policy. I am not certain what "prensa blanca" means, but the only explanation I found explains that is about moderate press, press that don't like to touch delicate matters. "White press", in the US, according to many links I saw, is more about races than anything else, so, not appropriate for a translation, IMOUBP (IMO until better proofs).

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Broadsheet Press

If as you say it means 'run-of-the-mill, non-sensationalist press', then this is the standard British English term for that. People do sometimes still also use the term 'quality press' but that is rather loaded and probably best avoided.



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Here's a reference about a PR firm targetting the broadsheets:

http://www.10yetis.co.uk/newsletters/targetting-broadsheet-p...

And here's a reference to the broadsheet press on the web-site of a prestigious UK school of journalism:

http://www.cardiff.ac.uk/jomec/research/researchgroups/journ...

Hope that helps!
Peer comment(s):
agree neilmac : In the UK, this is the expression :)
58 mins
Cheers, neilmac
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White Press

http://books.google.com/books?id=k99FX5nS-voC&pg=PA65&lpg=PA...

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http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p_mla_apa_research_citation/...

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'Thus the guardian media demonize them, and in so doing unknowingly further ordain them as prophets—and at the same time betray their own continuing role as the “white press,” which is what most black people called mainstream media during the 1967 urban riots in American cities.'
http://www.counterpunch.org/alberts06182008.html

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'La cuestión seria, pues, conocer cuáles de estos discursos son
los dominantes en una determinada sociedad. Investigaciones complementarias realizadas en la última década en el ámbito internacional han mostrado de forma inequívoca que la prensa 'blanca' se ha erigido en una parte más del problema del racismo, en lugar de un actor que haya contribuido a su solución.'
http://www.discursos.org/oldarticles/racismo y prensa.pdf

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http://books.google.com/books?id=y-3DU5dL4fQC&pg=PA87&lpg=PA...

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'The white press elite, in my opinion, is ambivalent: it perceives Africans as having a right to political participation but in a manner
which is 'civilised' and limited by the general control of the white political elite.'
http://archive.lib.msu.edu/DMC/African Journals/pdfs/Journal...
Peer comment(s):
neutral delveneto : http://es.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=2009070714585... -- IF the link above is correct, prensa blanca is not about white people or against black people.
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I never said it was a question of white against black
neutral Robert Forstag : This seems very dubious. Maybe it is something more along the lines of "the respectable press" or "the legitimate press."
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In fact, if you see the other links, I think that's the meaning of 'white press', tell me if I'm wrong
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mainstream press

a suggestion, as I think "white press" has connotations not wanted in the apparent context
Peer comment(s):
neutral David Ronder : 'mainstream press' would include the tabloids, or 'prensa amarilla', which is not what's required here
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serious press

Hay muchos ejemplos en Google en que "serious press" contrasta con "yellow press" or sensationalist.
Suerte.
Peer comment(s):
agree neilmac : = the broadsheets :)
50 mins
Thank you, Neil.
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