This work departs from the reality of which the migratory flows have transformed the cities into multicultural spaces. The traditional concept of a citizenship based on the national identity is unable to solve the difficulties derived from an increasing demand of rights on the part of a population in constant growth who shares places of work and residence though not in equal conditions. The citizen is the opposite thing abroad; citizenship implies exclusion, discrimination of those who do not belong to a State. In this context, the journalism is raised as vehicle to construct a new citizenship, defender of the universal rights of the man, fomenting the participation activates of the citizens.

The most ancient ethnic minority of Spain are the Gypsies, though the intensive growth of the immigration in the last years is forcing to restate the problem of minorities. The immigration is one of the topics that more worries Spanish society and an current unsolved matter by politicians. The current foreign population already arises to four million people, whose presence provokes not few situations of rejection, to which partly contributes the diffusion of negative stereotypes by mass media.

After a long period of cconomic boom, European counrries are living an economic crisis thar has shaken the foundations of the European Un ion. Spain, Greece and Portugal arerhe counrries that have suffered the crisis; in this article I will refer to the economic siruarion in Spain and how the dominant reference newspapers have reponed rhis crisisro a population away and linle aware of and concerned about economic issues and worried by the most nearby consequences: unemployment, loss of purchasing power, pooraccess ro morrgage loans, etc.

After a long period of cconomic boom, European counrries are living an economic crisis thar has shaken the foundations of the European Un ion. Spain, Greece and Portugal arerhe counrries that have suffered the crisis; in this article I will refer to the economic siruarion in Spain and how the dominant reference newspapers have reponed rhis crisisro a population away and linle aware of and concerned about economic issues and worried by the most nearby consequences: unemployment, loss of purchasing power, pooraccess ro morrgage loans, etc.