The media in the Spanish transition to democracy (1975–82)
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2020
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Muñoz Soro, Javier (2020), ‘The media in the Spanish transition to democracy (1975–82)’, International Journal of Iberian Studies, 33:2&3, pp. 121–138, doi: https://doi.org/10.1386/ijis_00024_1
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Las transformaciones en España a partir de los años sesenta en el ámbito de la comunicación tuvieron como resultado una nueva legislación que permitió cierta liberalización dirigida a legitimar la dictadura de Franco. A pesar de la represión informativa, algunos medios, especialmente las revistas, se convirtieron en canales de difusión de ideas democráticas y espacios de debate. Además, el fracaso en la socialización de los valores del ‘18 de julio’ durante las primeras etapas de la dictadura condujo a una socialización tecnocrática más exitosa a favor de la despolitización y desmovilización de la sociedad española. Las interpretaciones sobre cómo la formación de este pseudo-espacio comunicativo influyó, durante los últimos años del franquismo, en la formación de la opinión pública en la España democrática no han tenido en cuenta un factor significativo, que permite superar las tesis contrapuestas del surgimiento de la sociedad civil y de la persistencia de valores autoritarios. Este factor es la enorme disparidad en el consumo cultural y mediático, con su reflejo en la educación y, más en general, en la desigualdad económica.
The transformations in Spain from the 1960s onwards in relation to communication resulted in a new legislation that allowed a certain liberalization to try to legitimize the Franco regime. Despite the information repression, some media outlets (especially magazines) became channels for the dissemination of democratic ideas and spaces for debate. In addition, the lack of consolidation in the socialization of the values of the ‘18 of July’ in the first stages of the dictatorship led to a more successful technocratic socialization to favour the depoliticization and demobilization of Spanish society. The interpretations on how this communication pseudo-space was decisive, during the last years of the Franco regime, for the formation of public opinion in democratic Spain have not taken into account a significant factor that allows overcoming the opposition between the emergence of civil society and the persistence of some values from Francoism. This factor is the enormous disparity in culture and media consumption, with its reflection in education and, more generally, in economic inequality.
The transformations in Spain from the 1960s onwards in relation to communication resulted in a new legislation that allowed a certain liberalization to try to legitimize the Franco regime. Despite the information repression, some media outlets (especially magazines) became channels for the dissemination of democratic ideas and spaces for debate. In addition, the lack of consolidation in the socialization of the values of the ‘18 of July’ in the first stages of the dictatorship led to a more successful technocratic socialization to favour the depoliticization and demobilization of Spanish society. The interpretations on how this communication pseudo-space was decisive, during the last years of the Franco regime, for the formation of public opinion in democratic Spain have not taken into account a significant factor that allows overcoming the opposition between the emergence of civil society and the persistence of some values from Francoism. This factor is the enormous disparity in culture and media consumption, with its reflection in education and, more generally, in economic inequality.












