Cathode parliament: current politics debates during transition (1976-1979)

  • Virginia Martín Jiménez Universidad de Valladolid
Keywords: Democratic transition, Debates, Politics, Spanish Television (TVE)

Abstract

In the context of sociopolitical changes that Spain lived during the seventies, Spanish Television started up several programs where the current that marked the change were discussed by political and specialists. This article analyzes the politics debate that state television issued during the Transition. First of all, this study aims to show the politics debates that were on the air and, afterwards, pays attention to an specific case Spain, today (España, hoy)during the weeks before the referendum on Political Reform Law. The article concludes that TVE played as an small parliament in which the approach and treatment of political issues socialized in democracy to the audience and reflected the consensus spirit that guided the Transition project.

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Martín Jiménez V. (2014). Cathode parliament: current politics debates during transition (1976-1979). Estudios sobre el Mensaje Periodístico, 20, 121-137. https://doi.org/10.5209/rev_ESMP.2014.v20.45094