Date of reading: 01/01/1992

Board of Examiners:

DEL VALLE MURGA TERESA (Chairperson)
BUSSY GENEVOIS DANIELE (Member)
MORENO SARDA AMPARO (Member)
FAGOAGA DE BARTOLOME CONCHA (Member)
GARITAONANDIA GARNATXO CARMELO (Secretary)

Descriptors:

SOCIAL GROUPS
SOCIAL POSITION OF WOMEN
SOCIOLOGY
SOCIOLOGY OF THE MASS MEDIA
SOCIOLOGY OF WORK

Summary:

THE AIM OF THE RESEARCH HAS FOCUSED ON FINDING OUT AND DETERMINING THE BEHAVIOUR THAT CHARACTERIZES THE BASQUE DAILY NEWSPAPERS WHEN SETTING ASIDE SPACE FOR MESSAGES IN WHICH WOMEN ARE THE SUBJECT OF MEDIA INTEREST AND ATTENTION, AS WELL AS ESTABLISHING WHETHER ANY SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCES ARE NOTED IN THIS BEHAVIOUR ACCORDING TO THE EDITORIAL STANCE THEY TAKE.
IN ORDER TO OBTAIN A PROPER AND ALL-ENCOMPASSING ANALYSIS OF JOURNALISTIC DISCOURSE, BOTH THEMATIC CONTENTS IN WHICH WOMEN ARE NEWS AND THE USE THAT IS MADE IN THESE MESSAGES OF THE NORMS, HABITS AND PROFESSIONAL GUIDELINES GOVERNING JOURNALISTIC EDITING HAVE BEEN STUDIED, INVOLVING THE INTEGRATION OF BOTH STUDIES. A SUMMARIZED WORK IS ALSO PROVIDED REGARDING THE STUDIES TOGETHER WITH THEORETICAL CONTRIBUTIONS CONCERNING THE INCORPORATION OF WOMEN AS A SUBJECT, OBJECT AND STANDPOINT OF RESEARCH ON AN INTERNATIONAL LEVEL, WITH A MORE DETAILED AND EXHAUSTIVE STUDY BEING PROVIDED OF THE WORK THAT HAS FOCUSED ON ANALYSIS AND KNOWLEDGE OF THE SITUATION OF WOMEN IN THE MEDIA - WITHOUT OVERLOOKING THE NOW CLASSIC DEBATE REVOLVING AROUND THE ROLE OR FUNCTION THAT THE MEDIA PLAYS OR SHOULD PLAY IN SHAPING THE SOCIAL IMAGE OF WOMEN.