the International Communication Gazette 0(0) 1–21 ! The Author(s) 2016 Reprints and permissions: sagepub.co.uk/journalsPermissions.nav DOI: 10.1177/1748048516640711 gaz.sagepub.com Article ‘I believe they felt attacked’. Discursive representation and construction of interculturality in Spanish news television Antonio Pineda Faculty of Communications, Universidad de Sevilla, Spain Leonarda Garcı ´a-Jime ´nez School of Communication and Information Studies, Universidad de Murcia, Spain; Department of Communication Studies, Colorado State University, USA Miquel Rodrigo-Alsina Communication Department, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Spain Abstract This article discusses the representation of interculturality in the media. Interculturality, the interaction between two different cultures, has taken on greater importance in the social and human sciences. However, in the field of media communications the repre- sentation of interculturality has not received much attention. Thus, we are interested in analysing the media representation of interculturality in Spanish television news. We analyse the discursive construction of interculturality in news programs, and we go into depth as to how the conflictual kind of interculturality is represented. To achieve this, critical discourse analysis is used, applying the concepts of lexicalisation, propositional structures, topics, polarisation and focus. Results indicate that in public and private stations alike, interculturality is shown as a polarised interaction between a dominant in-group and a minority out-group, and it is defined by the status quo. However, Spanish television portrays a conflictual interculturality that is not limited to disagreement. Keywords Critical discourse analysis, interculturality, Spanish news television Corresponding author: Antonio Pineda, Faculty of Communications, Universidad de Sevilla, Ame ´rico Vespucio Av., E-41092 – Seville, Spain. Email: apc@us.es by guest on April 6, 2016 gaz.sagepub.com Downloaded from