The Media Protest of Neighbouring Associations, Promoter of Citizen Democratic Culture during Transition in Southern Spain

In the current context of placing value on the neighbouring movement within the Spanish democratic Transition, we set out to confirm that the press actively participates in the growing conjunction of neighbouring issues with political content and contributes to the idea that this movement becomes a...

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Published in:Media and communication (Lisboa) 2018-02, Vol.6 (1), p.62-72
Main Author: Mendez-Muros, Sandra
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Analysis
civil society
Conflict
Content analysis
Culture
Democracy
democratic culture
Democratization
Demonstrations
Demonstrations & protests
Elections
Local media
local press
Mass media
media
Media coverage
media history
neighbouring movement
Political aspects
Politics
Press and politics
Rules
Social aspects
Spain
Spanish Transition
Speeches
Visibility
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Summary:In the current context of placing value on the neighbouring movement within the Spanish democratic Transition, we set out to confirm that the press actively participates in the growing conjunction of neighbouring issues with political content and contributes to the idea that this movement becomes a parameter of the democratic culture for the citizen during Transition. Since the conflict is newsworthy, we conduct a micro-social study of the neighbouring protest in the newspaper El Correo de Andalucía, published in the southern Spanish city of Seville. Through analysis of content, we study the informative flow and the repertoire of protest following a typology that distinguishes four formats (demonstrations, strikes, speeches and associations) divided into two levels of conflict. The analysis sample consists of 33 texts published between November 1975 (Franco’s death and the accession to the throne of Juan Carlos I) and June 1977 (the first democratic general elections). The main conclusion reveals that the newspaper becomes a platform that gives visibility to the neighbouring movement, normalising behaviours and procedure rules through the protest.
ISSN:2183-2439
2183-2439
DOI:10.17645/mac.v6i1.1195