SALVADOS WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF THE SPANISH AUDIOVISUAL MEDIA SYSTEM: HERETICAL ELEMENT OR THE EXCEPTION THAT CONFIRMS THE RULE

Based on the heretical concept that Ramon Reig (1995) picks up from Peter Berger and Thomas Luckmann (1991), we analyze "Salvados", a program broadcast on the Spanish television station La Sexta. We aim to find out if this program represents an alternative to the traditional media or if it is the exception that confirms the rule in the audiovisual media system in Spain. After the process of research, we can affirm that, although the program offers a different kind of information, it fits inside the information structure without damaging it. Therefore, it is not a type of alternative communication, it is "the exception that confirms the rule" because it presents a different perspective compared to the homogeneous offerings of other TV programs. "Salvados" only occasionally offers a kind of transgressive journalism that disturbs the power structure.