Date of reading: 01/01/1993

Board of Examiners:

ORIVE RIVA PEDRO (Chairperson)
CASASUS GURI JOSEP MARIA (Member)
BARTOLOME CRESPO DONANCIO (Member)
XAMARDO GONZALEZ NICOLAS (Member)
ARMENTIA VIZUETE JOSE IGNACIO (Secretary)

Descriptors:

POLITICAL SCIENCE
PUBLIC OPINION
NEWS POLICIES
SECTORIAL POLICIES

PRESS

Summary:

THIS PhD THESIS ANALYZES THE PROFOUND CHANGES THAT HAVE TAKEN PLACE IN NEWS IN THE GUIPUZCOAN PRESS AS A CONSEQUENCE OF THE POLITICAL TRANSFORMATIONS THAT TOOK PLACE DURING THE POLITICAL TRANSITION.  THE ROLE PLAYED BY EACH MEDIUM IS ALSO ANALYZED IN THE CASE OF ALL THOSE TRANSFORMATIONS - A ROLE IN WHICH ATTENTION SHOULD BE DRAWN TO THE EFFORT MADE BY THE NATIONALIST PRESS TO ADAPT THE SPATIAL STRUCTURES TO THE NEW SOCIAL AND POLITICAL SITUATION.
THE CLOSURE OF LA VOZ DE ESPAÑA IS ALSO ANALYZED IN THE PhD THESIS - A DAILY NEWSPAPER BELONGING TO THE CHAIN OF THE MOVEMENT WITH THE LARGEST CIRCULATION IN THE PROVINCE. THIS WAS A CLOSURE THAT IS NOT EXPLAINED JUST FROM THE ECONOMIC STANDPOINT INVOLVING PRESSURE OF A CLEARLY POLITICAL NATURE. LASTLY, THE OPENING AND SUBSEQUENT FAILURE OF LA VOZ DE EUSKADI IS ALSO ANALYZED - A DAILY NEWSPAPER THAT WAS BORN FROM THE ASHES OF THE FORMER LA VOZ DE ESPAÑA WHICH WAS UNIQUE AMONG THE BASQUE PRESS BECAUSE IT ADOPTED THE LEGAL STRUCTURE OF A WORKER-OWNED LIMITED COMPANY.