La Muerte de Franco y la Transición española a través de la prensa internacional: la visión periodística del Reino Unido, Francia, Italia y Estados Unidos

Rodríguez Martínez, Ruth, 1976-; Tulloch, Christopher David; Guillamet, Jaume

doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.5209/rev_ESMP.2015.V21.N1.49089

La Muerte de Franco y la Transición española a través de la prensa internacional: la visión periodística del Reino Unido, Francia, Italia y Estados Unidos

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Rodríguez-Martínez R, Tulloch C, Guillamet Llovera J. La Muerte de Franco y la Transición española a través de la prensa internacional: la visión periodística del Reino Unido, Francia, Italia y Estados Unidos. Estudios sobre el Mensaje Periodístico. 2015;21(1):193-205. DOI: 10.5209/rev_ESMP.2015.V21.N1.49089

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The aim of this article is to analyze the role and coverage of the foreign press surrounding the death of Franco and Spain’s consequent transition to democracy (19751978), at one of the most crucial moments of political change in Southern Europe within the ongoing context of the Cold War. The period under consideration runs from the death of Franco on the 20th of November 1975 to the ratification by referendum of the democratic Constitution on December 6th, 1978. Faced by the threat of a new civil war due to the resistance to change by those who, after winning the war in 1939, paved the way to the Francoist dictatorship, the international press, while still critical unconditionally supported the democratic process, according to the study of the broad coverage carried out by eleven main newspapers in France, Italy, United Kingdom and the United States of America.