An Unexpected Government : Adolfo Suarez's Appointment as Prime Minister through the Spanish Weekly Press

This paper analyzes the media coverage that the Spanish weekly press did of one of the key moments of the Spanish Transition to democracy: the appointment of Adolfo Suárez as Prime Minister by King Juan Carlos I on July 1976. This task will be carried out through a qualitative content analysis of th...

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Main Author: Juan Andrés García Martín
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidad Católica Argentina 2019-08-01
Series:Estudios de Historia de España
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Online Access:https://erevistas.uca.edu.ar/index.php/EHE/article/view/2100
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description This paper analyzes the media coverage that the Spanish weekly press did of one of the key moments of the Spanish Transition to democracy: the appointment of Adolfo Suárez as Prime Minister by King Juan Carlos I on July 1976. This task will be carried out through a qualitative content analysis of the economic, political, and satirical press of the time. The aim is to approach the role of the Spanish weekly press to the process of political change, to find out the informative differences between the different period-icals we are considering and their positioning towards the appointment of the new prime minister.
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spelling doaj.art-0d2dbaf4e0a7461ea42a5bef13aa98e92023-03-23T12:31:39ZengUniversidad Católica ArgentinaEstudios de Historia de España0328-02842469-09612019-08-01211841151913An Unexpected Government : Adolfo Suarez's Appointment as Prime Minister through the Spanish Weekly PressJuan Andrés García Martín0Universidad Rey Juan CarlosThis paper analyzes the media coverage that the Spanish weekly press did of one of the key moments of the Spanish Transition to democracy: the appointment of Adolfo Suárez as Prime Minister by King Juan Carlos I on July 1976. This task will be carried out through a qualitative content analysis of the economic, political, and satirical press of the time. The aim is to approach the role of the Spanish weekly press to the process of political change, to find out the informative differences between the different period-icals we are considering and their positioning towards the appointment of the new prime minister.https://erevistas.uca.edu.ar/index.php/EHE/article/view/2100semanariostransiciónadolfo suárezjuan carlos iprensa
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An Unexpected Government : Adolfo Suarez's Appointment as Prime Minister through the Spanish Weekly Press
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prensa
title An Unexpected Government : Adolfo Suarez's Appointment as Prime Minister through the Spanish Weekly Press
title_full An Unexpected Government : Adolfo Suarez's Appointment as Prime Minister through the Spanish Weekly Press
title_fullStr An Unexpected Government : Adolfo Suarez's Appointment as Prime Minister through the Spanish Weekly Press
title_full_unstemmed An Unexpected Government : Adolfo Suarez's Appointment as Prime Minister through the Spanish Weekly Press
title_short An Unexpected Government : Adolfo Suarez's Appointment as Prime Minister through the Spanish Weekly Press
title_sort unexpected government adolfo suarez s appointment as prime minister through the spanish weekly press
topic semanarios
transición
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prensa
url https://erevistas.uca.edu.ar/index.php/EHE/article/view/2100
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