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Conforti, María Eugenia 482d7aa9-a8c9-4f65-a488-9b7d9aa8ddc6 600 Polino, Carmelo 1e95058f-f7c3-4f4b-9db4-9ffcd7d264e9 600 Díez Fernández-Lomana, Juan Carlos 595 600 0000-0002-3856-1837 2026-01-08T12:30:21Z 2026-01-08T12:30:21Z 2025-12 2027-06-20 1465-5187 https://hdl.handle.net/10259/11189 10.1080/14655187.2025.2594807 1753-5530 This paper addresses the relationships between the Atapuerca UNESCO World Heritage archaeological system and the media. Based on a qualitative-ethnographic approach, we specifically examine how a selected group of twenty-one science and non-science journalists perceive their relationship with the complex of the Atapuerca Project by focusing on central topics of academic discussion in the field of science communication that also affect public archaeology. We first examine what journalists believe about Atapuerca's newsworthiness, public narratives, and audiences. We next reflect on the professional and personal connections between journalists and scientists from Atapuerca. We then discuss how the journalists perceive their social role in terms of ‘functional’ and ‘critical’ attitudes. The empirical evidence illustrates similarities and differences in responding to various factors such as the media’s geographical scope, journalists’ background and specialization, personal and professional relationships with the Atapuerca scientists, and the tendency to outreach rather than journalistic models. This analysis aims to fill the lack of empirical research about Atapuerca from the media professionals’ perspective. External Postdoctoral Fellowship for Young Researchers from the National Scientific and Technical Research Council (CONICET) for a research stay at the University of Burgos, Spain. Approval Resolution No. 2021-50-APN-DIR#CONICET, dated January 11, 2021. application/pdf eng Taylor and Francis Public Archaeology. 2025, p. 1-22 https://doi.org/10.1080/14655187.2025.2594807 Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internacional http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ info:eu-repo/semantics/embargoedAccess Atapuerca Media coverage Social role of journalism Science journalism World heritage Arqueología-Burgos Divulgación científica Archaeology-Burgos Science news Atapuerca and the Media: The Newsworthiness of Archaeology and the Social Role of Journalism info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersion Public Archaeology 1 22 THUMBNAIL Conforti-pa_2025.pdf.jpg Conforti-pa_2025.pdf.jpg IM Thumbnail image/jpeg 3709 https://riubu.ubu.es/bitstream/10259/11189/4/Conforti-pa_2025.pdf.jpg 483b8b320fc5410f28cfa1e23d87cbbc MD5 4 LICENSE license.txt license.txt text/plain; charset=utf-8 1362 https://riubu.ubu.es/bitstream/10259/11189/3/license.txt 5d013bfa6e473ff0db22cd82a4d71a70 MD5 3 CC-LICENSE license_rdf license_rdf application/rdf+xml; charset=utf-8 805 https://riubu.ubu.es/bitstream/10259/11189/2/license_rdf 4460e5956bc1d1639be9ae6146a50347 MD5 2 ORIGINAL Conforti-pa_2025.pdf Conforti-pa_2025.pdf application/pdf 291417 https://riubu.ubu.es/bitstream/10259/11189/1/Conforti-pa_2025.pdf 05928d84f31dfd156b99bfc29c4cef3e MD5 1 10259/11189 oai:riubu.ubu.es:10259/11189 2026-01-09 02:05:40.118 Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Burgos bubrep@ubu.es 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