Board of Examiners:

FERNANDEZ DEL MORAL JAVIER (Chairperson)
PEREZ-AGOTE ALFONSO (Member)
PRADO PICO EMILI (Member)
CASASUS GURI JOSEP MARIA (Member)
BAREA MONGE PEDRO (Secretary)

Descriptors:

POLITICAL SCIENCE
PUBLIC OPINION
INFORMATION POLICY
SECTORIAL POLICIES

Summary:

THE SPECIFIC NATURE OF POLITICAL COMMUNICATION IN BIZKAIA LIES IN THE EVIDENCE OF A CONTRADICTION; WHILE BASQUE NATIONALISM HAS POLITICALLY ASSERTED ITSELF IN  RECENT YEARS IN TERMS OF ELECTORAL CONFRONTATIONS, IT HAS PROVED INCAPABLE OF REACHING A DOMINANT SITUATION AS FAR AS THE MEDIA IS CONCERNED. THE INFLUENCE OF THE LATTER HAS BEEN LIMITED TO A GREAT EXTENT OWING TO DIFFERENT STRUCTURAL SOCIOLOGICAL KEYS AND SYMBOLIC CODES, IN ADDITION TO THE DIFFERENT SOCIALIZATION PROCESSES, AMONG WHICH THE COMMUNICATIVE INTERVENTION OF THE POLITICAL PARTIES PLAYS A DECISIVE ROLE.