The political role of the press in Spanish transition to democracy, 1975-1978

Montero, Mercedes (author), Rodriguez-Virgili, Jordi (author), García-Ortega, Carmela (author)

Članek analizira vedenje in stališča španskega tiska na začetku prehoda k demokraciji (november 1975-december 1978), torej v času najpomembnejših političnih in institucionalnih sprememb. Vloga glavnih časopisov je ocenjevana iz različnih vidikov, hkrati z razlogi za konsenz časopisov o ključnih temah na očeh javnosti. Z obravnavo posameznih primerov iz različnih časopisov ter celote članek pojasnjuje najvidnejše značilnosti odnosa med politiko in novinarstvom, pa tudi izjeme, kot sta bila ultra desničarski ter baskovski nacionalistični tisk.

• Language: English
• Work type: Not categorized
• Typology: 1.01 - Original Scientific Article
• Organization: FDV - Faculty of Social Sciences
• Year: 2008
• Number of pages: Str. 5-20
• Numbering: Vol. 15, no. 4
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-75108
• UDC: 070
• ISSN on article: 1318-3222
• COBISS.SI-ID: 28040541
• Publication date in RUL: 21.12.2015

Record is a part of a journal

• Title: Javnost
• Shortened title: Javnost
• Publisher: Taylor&Francis
• ISSN: 1318-3222
• COBISS.SI-ID: 40119808

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• Language: Unknown

Abstract

This article analyses the behavior and attitude of the Spanish press at the beginning of the transition towards democracy (November 1975 - December 1978),during the most significant political and institutional change. The role of the main newspapers is assessed from different perspectives, together with the reasons for the newspapers' consensus on the basic issues that were in the public eye. Through examples from several papers, taken one by one and as a whole, we will explain the exceptional characteristics of this interesting relationship between politics and journalism, and include some exceptions such as the ultraright-wing press and the Basque nationalist sector.