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The media protest of neighbouring associations, promoter of citizen democratic culture during transition in southern Spain

Méndez Muros, Sandra

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Media and Communica ion (ISSN: 2183–2439) 2018, Volume 6, Issue 1, Pages 62–72 DOI: 10.17645/mac. 6i1.1195 A icle The Media P o es o Neighbou ing Associa ions, P omo e o Ci izen Democ a ic Cul u e du ing T ansi ion in Sou he n Spain Sand a Méndez-Mu os Depa men o Jou nalism II, Uni e si y o Se ille, 41092 Se ille, Spain; E-Mail: [email p o ec ed] Submi ed: 29 Sep embe 2017 | Accep ed: 6 Decembe 2017 | Published: 9 Feb ua y 2018 Abs ac In he cu en con ex o placing alue on he neighbou ing mo emen wi hin he Spanish democ a ic T ansi ion, we se ou o con i m ha he p ess ac i ely pa icipa es in he g owing conjunc ion o neighbou ing issues wi h poli ical con- en and con ibu es o he idea ha his mo emen becomes a pa ame e o he democ a ic cul u e o he ci izen du ing T ansi ion. Since he con lic is newswo hy, we conduc a mic o-social s udy o he neighbou ing p o es in he newspape El Co eo de Andalucía, published in he sou he n Spanish ci y o Se ille. Th ough analysis o con en , we s udy he in o - ma i e low and he epe oi e o p o es ollowing a ypology ha dis inguishes ou o ma s (demons a ions, s ikes, speeches and associa ions) di ided in o wo le els o con lic . The analysis sample consis s o 33 ex s published be ween No embe 1975 (F anco’s dea h and he accession o he h one o Juan Ca los I) and June 1977 ( he i s democ a ic gene al elec ions). The main conclusion e eals ha he newspape becomes a pla o m ha gi es isibili y o he neigh- bou ing mo emen , no malising beha iou s and p ocedu e ules h ough he p o es . Keywo ds ci il socie y; democ a ic cul u e; local p ess; media; media his o y; neighbou ing mo emen ; Spanish T ansi ion Issue This a icle is pa o he issue “Media His o y and Democ acy”, edi ed by Da id W. Pa k (Lake Fo es College, USA). © 2018 by he au ho ; licensee Cogi a io (Lisbon, Po ugal). This a icle is licensed unde a C ea i e Commons A ibu- ion 4.0 In e na ional License (CC BY). 1. In oduc ion In Spain, he esu gence o he ci il socie y in he se - en ies o he wen ie h cen u y acqui es pa icula con- no a ions when coun ing he democ a ic T ansi ion as a backd op, wi h he desi e o eedom and solu ions o nume ous social and economic p oblems. In his con ex , he neighbou ing mo emen eme ges wi h a s ongly de- manding a i ude owa ds issues ela ed o heal h, pub- lic se ices, housing, educa ion, e c., along wi h he e- ques o a democ a ic poli ical change which places i on a local–global axis (Pé ez Quin ana & Sánchez, 2008, p. 15) as a powe ul p essu e mo o . The neighbou ing p o es o ecen yea s is no an exclusi ely Spanish phenomenon. I alian ci ies such as Rome, Milan o Tu in also expe ience a demanding p o- cess p opelled by he accele a ed u ban de elopmen and inep i ude o he uling poli ical class o apply e- o ms capable o sol ing o mi iga ing he p oblems (Alonso, 2011, p. 58; Lowe, 1986, pp. 183–185). The same could be said abou F ance, Po ugal (Ramos Pin o, 2005) o Mexico (Bo ja, 1986, p. 40). The peculia i y in he Spanish case lies in he ac ha he local mo emen is bo n wi hin a b oade cycle o p o es which ad oca es a poli ical change which con- di ions he con en s o i s demands, i s o ganisa ional s uc u e and i s o ms o in e nal and ex e nal ac ion (assemblies, di ec o e, demons a ions, ci izen pa ic- ipa ion, discussions, a ic cu -o s, e c.) (Sánchez, 2011, p. 104). We can ind o he di e ences in which o eign ad- minis a ions a e mo e e icien and esponsi e o social demands and, in addi ion, ha ade unions and pa ies assume hem as hei own (Angulo, 1978, p. 156). Since he i s decades o he wen y- i s cen u y, he neighbou ing mo emen in he public space o he s ee has been p og essi ely aken in o conside a ion wi h i s own en i y and essen ial con ibu ion o demo- c a ic awa eness. Un il hen, despi e being de ined as Media and Communica ion, 2018, Volume 6, Issue 1, Pages 62–72 62 “ he mos widesp ead and signi ican u ban mo emen in Eu ope since 1945” by sociologis Manuel Cas ells (1986, p. 299), o decades he Spanish neighbou ing mo e- men has been one o he g ea lagga ds among he con- ibu ions ha explain he his o y o Spanish democ a i- sa ion. The easons o hei lesse isibili y a e gene al, connec ed wi h he ole o ci il socie y as a whole du ing T ansi ion and he p eponde ance o o he mo emen s such as he wo ke o he s uden , and a e conc e e, e- ga ding hei blu ing in in e es s o o he g oups, espe- cially poli ical pa ies. Con e as (2012, p. 112) a gues ha he s udy o he neighbou ing mo emen in Andalusia is a om making new con ibu ions wi hin he na a i e published abou T ansi ion due o se e al easons: 1) he la e s udy o u - ban social p o es beyond he labou and s uden mo e- men ; 2) he documen a y losses su e ed by he neigh- bou ing associa ions hemsel es a hei headqua e s; 3) legal impedimen s o he documen a ion que y on he neighbou ing mo emen in his o ical and in e media e a chi es as well as in o icial eco ds; and 4) he biologi- cal disappea ance o some o he p o agonis s who may be in e iewed. Al hough his o iog aphy and sociology ha e been in cha ge o s udying he ole o he neighbou ing mo e- men in he s ee , he e has no been any in-dep h s udy on he media message abou he local mo emen when he analysis o i s o ms, con en s, and languages may be- come no only a documen a y sou ce o ob ain his o ical da a, bu also a ool o comple e he easons conce ning he lowe isibili y o he mo emen as a pa o he p o- cess o democ a ic cul u e o local ci izenship, wi hin he ecen Andalusian his o iog aphic ision. 2. Li e a u e Re iew 2.1. Ci il Socie y and P o es Mo emen s in T ansi ion F anco’s dic a o ship has uined mos o he amewo k o p og essi e ci ic, cul u al, and poli ical popula associ- a ions h ough p ohibi ions and con ols. The adi ion o democ a ic pa icipa ion is b oken wi h he conse- quen lack o oppo uni y o he gene a ions bo n du ing F anco’s egime o socialise (Ins i u D’Anàlisi i Social Poli- iques Pùbliques & Fundaciò F ancesc Fe e I Guà dia, 2000, p. 205), bu i canno be a oided, since he 1950s o he wen ie h cen u y, wo ke s, clandes ine poli ical opposi ion, s uden s, and in ellec uals ha e been o gan- ised, gi en ha he dissen is g ea e han ha allowed by he Collec i e Labou Ag eemen s Ac o 24 Ap il 1958 and he Associa ions Ac o 24 Decembe 1964, al hough he e is consen “ o pe sons linked o an i-F ancoism o open spaces o eedom ha a e independen o F anco’s o icialdom space” (Fe e , 2014, pp. 83–84). This law b ings abou he appea ance o associa ions o amily heads and housewi es in Spain, mainly in he pe iph- e al qua e s wi hin he amewo k o he Na ional Mo e- men as he i s s ep o u ban social mo emen . O he o mulas we e he municipal collabo a ing councils, he municipal dis ic councils, he neighbou ing communi- ies, and he qua e mayo al ies. In he 1960s, he e was a esu gence o social and labou dispu e due o economic ans o ma ions and, wi h i , he eme gence o a p o es mo emen which p o ed o be be e p epa ed han he s a e o sol e so- cial p oblems (Pé ez Díaz, 1996, p. 19), in he line posed by Musil (2013, p. 24) whe e he s a es ha he opposi- ion o F ancoism p ac ices i s ci izenship be o e becom- ing a ci izen in o a democ a ic sys em, imposing and p ac- ising democ a ic igh s such as eedom o p ess, opin- ion, assembly, and associa ion. Un il he second hal o he 1970s he p o es adop ed di e en and mul iple o mulas (demons a ions, wo k-ins, si -ins, wo k place- men s, s ikes) (O ega, 2004, pp. 351–370). F om a his o ical and sociological poin o iew, he e is s ill no consensus on he ci il socie y’s ole du ing he democ a ic T ansi ion. Theo ies main aining ha he poli ical change engine is he ci il socie y a gue ha T ansi ion: 1) is he esul o ci il socie y’s ole which is in ol ed in mobilisa ions and igh s o eedoms and igh s wi hin he ci izen’s esu gence (Pé ez Díaz, 1987; Th el all, 2008) o 2) is a “bo om-up” phenomenon o wo decades be o e he p ocess and “ op-down” in he p ocess i sel (Musil, 2013, p. 11). Mo eo e , he heo ies ha suppo ha ci il socie y’s ole is no essen ial in he p ocess o change, belie e ha T ansi ion is: 1) he esul o he poli ical and economic libe alisa ion o F anco’s egime du ing he 1960s; 2) an ac ion aken “ om abo e” (Ga cía, 1981, pp. 89, 103) by he poli ical class gi en he social demobilisa ion, o 3) he eadap a ion o he dom- inan classes o democ acy in o de o main ain i s hege- mony (Gine & Se illa, 1980, pp. 197–229). In his line, Salgado (2014, pp. 271–295) ecognises he social mo e- men s’ ole al hough hey a e no decisi e o s imula e a change in he poli ical sys em. All he a o emen ioned a gumen s lead hose au- ho s who conside ha ci il socie y plays a undamen- al ole in T ansi ion o he s udy o a ied mo emen s (poli ical opposi ion, s uden s, wo ke s, cul u al cu en ), among which he neighbou ing mo emen is no p e- dominan . O e hese pas ew yea s, a ma ch wi h o he mo emen s has been ecognised. Ma ínez i Mun ada (2008, p. 2333) asse s ha he neighbou ing mo emen , on pa wi h he labou mo emen , is one o he mos impo an scopes o pa icipa ion and mobilisa ion com- ing om ela i ely la ge sec o s o he popula ion du - ing he las yea s o F anco and T ansi ion in he main u ban cen es. The neighbou ing associa ions and he neighbou ing mo emen in gene al ha e been ecognised as an in lu- ence in he building o local democ acy, becoming “ he i s s ep in he pa icipa ion o many ci izens” (Se ano & Sempe e, 1999, p. 176), who lea ned and de eloped a democ a ic cul u e om he closes scope using hei eal expe ience. Fu he mo e, he neighbou ing associ- a ions become “schools o democ acy and ci izenship, Media and Communica ion, 2018, Volume 6, Issue 1, Pages 62–72 63 eaching hei associa es how o ela e o adminis a ion, pa icipa ion me hods and p ocedu es o choose lead- e s” (Con e as, 2012, p. 113). Fe nandes (2014) also in- dica es ha he e olu iona y pa hways owa ds democ- acy in Po ugal and Spain ha e a posi i e impac on he sel -o ganising capabili ies o popula g oups. Mos o he s udies on neighbou ing associa ions in Spain du ing he T ansi ion ha e a his o ical na u e ag ee ha hei eme gence is due o he lack o ep- esen a i eness o local ins i u ions and conclude ha hese associa ions play a c ucial ole in he achie emen o a democ a ic poli ical change. Some o hem ocus on i s placemen alue in he Spanish con ex (Bo de- as, 2014) o by egions, such as Andalusia, s udied by Con e as (2013) and Escale as and Ruiz (2006), and he ci ies o Mad id and Ba celona (Gail, 1979) o Za agoza (Gómez Bahillo, 2006). In hese s udies, he ac ions o neighbou ing mo emen s, socio-economic-cul u al di - e ences/simila i ies o common poin s wi h o he mo e- men s a e analysed om a desc ip i e pe spec i e. Some hing simila has happened wi h s udies in o he coun ies. In Ge many, Al haus (2000) s udies he de elopmen o neighbou ing communi ies a he end o he Second Wo ld Wa as a imely eme gency ha assumed asks o he local go e nmen unde cons uc- ion; in I aly, Alonso (2011) analyses hese mo emen s in Rome be ween 1968 and 1976, obse ing hei s uc- u es, demands, and o ms o ac ion; in Venezuela and Colombia, Ramos Rollón (1995) conduc s a compa a i e ield s udy be ween he ci ies o Bogo á and Ca acas; in A gen ina, O aisón (2011) s udies he di icul ies o hese ypes o communi ies o be ecognised and le- gi imised h ough ins i u ionalisa ion; in Mexico, F u os (2002) s udies how in 1988 he au onomous neighbou - ing o ganiza ions in he Fede al Dis ic ied o sa e hei adi ions and spaces o coexis ence ha ejec ed he na ow legal amewo ks o poli ical pa icipa ion, and Sa a (1998) analyses he ac o s ha ake pa in he neighbou ing cons uc ion in he Fede al Dis ic . Bul - mann, Hellmann, Maschka and Rojas (1995) showed in- e es ed in he neighbou ing associa ions in Mexico and Chile and hei democ a iza ion p ocess, s udying he be- ha iou o ac o s and mo emen s. We only ind ecen s udies ha add ess he ole o neighbou ing associa ions om a communica i e poin o iew in mo e ecen yea s, such as he one conduc ed by Gonzalo (2015), who app oaches he neighbou ing mo emen o Valladolid om he in e iew me hod du - ing he T ansi ion in he p ess used as a sou ce o His- o y. Ou side Spain, Ca asco (2011) analyses he ole o communica ion in a local ci izen pa icipa ion p ocess in a dis ic o Lima, Pe u. 2.2. The Newspape as an In e es Media o Any ci izen ac ion is essen ially exp essed in wo spaces: he s ee and he media. Democ a ic in e ac ion unc- ions h ough he p omo ion o in e es s, and hese a e usually se led in he media (Luna, 2003, p. 31). As spaces o eedom a ise, he media assimila e in o ma- ion om ci il socie y (associa ions, socie ies, g oups, in e es g oups, pe sonali ies, e c.) and ans o m and ansmi o poli ical powe a complex image o socie y wi h i s con adic ions, demands, and equi emen s. The newspape exe s a media ing unc ion by ela ing hese demands, especially in unsol ed p oblems, ega ding he social en i onmen and decision making by he poli ical sys em, as well as s imula ing ci izens owa ds pa ici- pa ion in social li e and con ibu ing o gene al s abili y (Gomis, 1987, pp. 308–310). The p ess acili a es he coexis ence and social in e- g a ion in any socialisa ion p ocess by showing he neigh- bou codes, a i udes, alues, dominan ideas, isions, expec a ions, objec i es, e c. o o he ci izens who ap- pea in he media. The neighbou hen ecognises his social ego h ough me onymic ac ion by iden i ying wi h and acing hese a ious aspec s. In his sense, he neigh- bou ing mo emen ge s he media o p o ide “a g owing co e age and exp ession which becomes a eal sound- ing boa d o local ac ions” (Lande , 2006, p. 49) and, ul ima ely, he newspape becomes a media sou ce o democ a ic cul u e. The p ess con ibu ed o he sp eading o democ a ic ideology much mo e han mos poli ical g oups (Tusell, 1989, p. 203). Al hough, bo h Zugas i (2007, p. 69, 2008, pp. 53–68), when analysing he Mad id p ess and speak- ing abou “media accommoda ion”, as well as Mon e o, Rod íguez and Ga cía (2008, pp. 293–296, 307), in hei s udy o he Mad id, Ca alan, and Basque newspape s, each simila conclusions on he olun a y collabo a ion o jou nalism wi h he democ a ising objec i es o poli i- cal powe , hough he la e e e ha his collabo a ion is no based on an o icial ag eemen o an explici deal o acili a e consensus. The de elopmen o ci il socie y in he Spanish case is inex icably linked o he media, especially encou - aged by he p omulga ion o he P ess and P in ing Law 14/1966, h ough which newspape s can in o m ega d- ing he ins i u ionalisa ion o he S a e, he ole o he Na ional Mo emen in Spanish li e, poli ical associa ions, Mona chy, he Chu ch, he ade union se ing, as well as p oblema ic a eas o Spanish li e: uni e si y diso de s, labou con lic s, egionalisms, e c. which make he idyllic image o a Spain wi hou p oblems disappea (Ba e a, 1995b, p. 19). This law, which was in o ce o a g ea ex en un il he p omulga ion o he Cons i u ion o 1978 whe e in i s a icle 20, he eedom o exp ession was ully ecog- nised no only o he jou nalis ic union bu o all Span- ish ci izens, i supp essed he p e ious censo ship, bu he edi o s could check wi h he minis y in o de o pub- lish ce ain news and opinions in o de o a oid admin- is a i e eco ds, which could be called sel -censo ship. Fu he mo e, he wa ning c ies o he edi o s con inued h ough pe sonal o elephone con e sa ions. Be ween 1966 and 1975, 1,270 cases we e opened, as well as sanc- Media and Communica ion, 2018, Volume 6, Issue 1, Pages 62–72 64 ions ( ines, suspensions, con isca ions, p essu es) and h ea s o p o essional disquali ica ion o edi o s ha , in some cases, included a es and p osecu ion be o e he Public O de Cou (Ba e a, 1995a, p. 106). Du ing hese yea s, a jou nalis could be judged by six di e en cou ca ego ies, including he mili a y. This did no p e en he g ow h o he newspa- pe ma ke and he appea ance o new magazines and newspape s. A he na ional le el, new publica ions eached he numbe o 129; he ci cula ion o newspa- pe s eached wo and a hal million in 1967, and 915 publishing houses in 1971, and Spain eached i h place in he wo ld in numbe o published i les (Sino a, 1989, p. 267; Tusell, 1989, pp. 190–191). Un il he publica ion o he Royal Dec ee-Law 24/1977 on F eedom o Exp ession, which was c ea ed unde he Law o Poli ical Re o m, he adminis a i e seizu e o publica ions was no pa ially supp essed, he con o e sial a icle 2 was epealed by which eedom o exp ession was submi ed o he P inciples o he Na- ional Mo emen and he e was a egis e o jou nalis s and jou nalis ic companies and he p e ious deposi o copies o be examined and, jus in case, allow he seizu e o publica ions. Wi h all his, an a mosphe e o g ea e eedom o ex- p ession was pe cei ed in all social o de s and his was e lec ed in he p ess: new sec ions, in e p e ing jou - nalis ic gen es, uno icial in o ma ion, ci izen sou ces, e c. Howe e , he edi o s had o con inue esponding o c imes commi ed by hi d pa ies and he accumula- ion o h ee iles in one yea led au oma ically o hei inabili y o con inue conduc ing hei du ies, and some agg essions pe sis ed: he Public O de Cou con inued o ac agains he p ess; he e we e mili a y p ocesses, a ces o disc edi newspape s, and p essu es applied o companies. 3. Me hodology This wo k aims a con i ming ha he p ess ac i ely pa - icipa es in he g owing conjunc ion o neighbou ing is- sues wi h poli ical con en in i s in o ma ion and con- ibu es o he idea ha he neighbou ing mo emen be- comes a pa ame e o democ a ic cul u e o he Se il- lians du ing he democ a ic T ansi ion. Acco ding o Héc- o Bo a ’s (1989, pp. 28–29) classi ica ion ega ding he ole o he newspape in social con lic s, we s a om he idea ha he newspape goes h ough a h ee-le el p ocess: ex a le el (ex e nal obse e ), in e le el (neu- al in e media y in con lic ela ions) and in a le el (col- lec i e ac o in ol ed in in e nal con lic s). We conduc ed a mic o-social s udy o Se ille’s neigh- bou ing p o es in he newspape El Co eo de An- dalucía— he eal geog aphic co e age makes i a local newspape in Se ille—bea ing in mind ha he con lic is always newswo hy and ha na ional powe is p olonged in e e y Spanish ci y wi hou excep ions, which is he eason why T ansi ion o democ acy in Andalusia does no di e a all om ha o he emaining Spanish e i- o y (Gómez & González, 2000, p. 468; Pé ez Quin ana & Sánchez, 2008; Vilà, 2016). El Co eo de Andalucía was no he mos ead news- pape in he s udy pe iod. In 1976–1977, i had a p in un o 35,559 copies and a dissemina ion o 31,249 ead- e s (Pé ez Vila iño, 1982, p. 68), while Abc de Se illa, which was he mos widely- ead newspape , had a p in un o 61,180 copies and a dissemina ion o 54,259 ead- e s in he same pe iod (Iglesias, 1980, p. 453). Howe e , i became an an i-F anco emblem ha ea ned him he p og essi e p ess p o ile and he quali ica ion o “ ed scou ge” (De Pablos, 1981, p. 40) since he 1960s. In 1975, he newspape le behind i s mos ebel- lious pe iod wi h he wo Ca holic edi o s o he p o- g essi e lus um (1967–1971), in which he newspape hos ed opics and p incipals belonging o social sec- o s ha we e no hea d in o he ci y media: uni e - si y s uden s, wo ke s, p ies s, exiles and poli ical p is- one s, ade unionis s, among o he s, wi h he common idea o hei on al posi ioning o F anco’s egime. This ea ned he newspape a mul i ude o sanc ions and kid- nappings. The newspape became one o he mos un- com o able o F anco’s egime and one o he wen y Spanish publica ions ha su e ed he g ea es numbe o iles (Fuen es & Fe nández, 1998, p. 298). These wo edi o s accumula ed a o al o 27 disciplina y ac ions in i e yea s. A e he passage o he Edi o ial Ca ólica (1972– 1973) o i s sha eholde s, when he e was a decline in he s uggle o eedom, he newspape again ied o make use o he igh o in o ma ion. In 1974, he news- pape conduc ed he i s in e iew in Spain wi h Felipe González, hen gene al sec e a y o he Spanish Socialis Wo ke s Pa y in hiding, which led o his a es and also he in e iewe ’s. The new edi o accumula ed new iles, ines, empo a y suspensions and jail eques s, as a e- sul o he ep ession by he Minis y o In o ma ion in he las mon hs o he dic a o ship agains he mos c i - ical publica ions. Du ing he T ansi ion, he hen edi o was also he a ge o elephone h ea s, ines, and is- i s o he cou , in addi ion o he censo ship ega ding in o ma ion abou he isi o mona chs Juan Ca los and So ia o Se ille in Ma ch 1976. This did no sway he co - esponden eam and i was g an ed he dis inc ion o “Se illians o he yea 1975” in 1976 o being “ i eless spokesmen o he mos g ie ing echoes” o he p o ince and p omo ing colloquiums o dialogue and he na ional coexis ence du ing he T ansi ion yea s. The analysis sample consis s o 33 ex s (news, dec- la a ions, con e ences, in e iews, and epo s) ela ed exclusi ely o he s eam o esiden s’ demands and no hose ha deal wi h he decisions made by he munici- pal poli ical powe , which would mean mo e ex s, du - ing 10 wo-mon h pe iods, which co espond o 100% o he ex s published on he subjec . The newspape se- lec ion was ca ied ou wi h copies o El Co eo de An- dalucía, loca ed in he Municipal Newspape Lib a y o Media and Communica ion, 2018, Volume 6, Issue 1, Pages 62–72 65 Se ille. We a e acing a single media due o i s e y ep- esen a i e ajec o y. We unde s and ha by he own ideological cha ac e o he newspape , i would publish all he demands conduc ed by he neighbou ing associ- a ions, which a e much less nume ous han hose o igi- na ed in wo ke o s uden scopes. Mo eo e , we mus bea in mind ha no newspape is a ai h ul mi o o eali y because in i s p oduc ion subjec i e ac o s ake pa in he selec ion and hie a chy o in o ma ion. Th ough he con en analysis (Ba din, 1996, p. 80), we analyse he in o ma ion low om he quan i a i e aspec o measu e he e olu ion du ing he s udy pe iod (see Figu e 1) and, om a quali a i e poin o iew, we obse e he o ma s o he p o es epe oi e (see Fig- u e 2), ollowing Méndez-Mu os’s ypology (2013, p. 74). The jou nalis ic ex s ha e been classi ied based on he ou epe oi e o ma s ha a e as ollows: demons a- ions, s ikes, speeches, and associa ions. In ou case, we ocus on h ee ou o he ou o ma s, since he neighbou ing p o es does no con empla e s ikes. The p o es o ma s all in o wo le els o con lic : le el 1, o high (demons a ions and s ikes) and le el 2, o low (speeches and associa ions), acco ding o he public o - de p oblems gene a ed and he consequen image o he neighbou ing s uggle o he democ a ic igh s o he eade . The con lic modula ion h oughou he anal- ysis pe iod exp esses he assump ion deg ee o hese democ a ic alues in socie y which is pe cei ed by ci i- zens as he no malisa ion o p o es . The p esen a ion o he esul s ollows a ch onological and diach onic h ead in he e en p og ess and is di ided in o h ee s ages be- ween No embe 1975 (F anco’s dea h and he accession o he h one o Juan Ca los I) and June 1977 (celeb a ion o he i s democ a ic gene al elec ions). 4. Resul s: The Neighbou ing Associa ions o Se ille as a Case S udy 4.1. The Awakening o he Neighbou ing and Democ a ic Consciousness Since he dea h o F anco un il he end o 1975, El Co eo de Andalucía (he eina e , ECA) does no publish ex s e- la ed o he neighbou ing p o es ; in 1976 he newspa- pe accumula es he highes eco ded da a in he whole analysis pe iod wi h 69.6%, which na u al aking in o ac- coun ha his is he longes ime pe iod, while in he mon hs analysed in 1977, he emaining 30.3% is concen- a ed. Gene ally speaking, p o es o ma s used by he neighbou ing mo emen a e as ollows: demons a ions (48.4%), speeches (33.3%), and associa ions (18.1%), and he ou undamen al hema ic axes a e based on: 1) he lack o housing, 2) he need o minimum se ices and in as uc u es, 3) disag eemen wi h some public wo ks, and 4) poli ical demands as a di ec consequence o he in ensi ica ion o s uc u al imbalances in he p ocess o poli ical and social ans o ma ion. In Janua y–Feb ua y o 1976, he p o es co e s 12.1% o he o al, he lack o housing being he main ocus. I is a p o es exp essed mainly h ough speeches (50%), because he ex s dealing wi h associa ions and demons a ions encompass he emaining pe cen age in equal pa s. The e o e, he eques s o he Associa ion o amily heads San Je ónimo e ol e a ound he insu i- ciency o he wo ks being exe cised, he execu ion in he qua e La Te cia, and a pho og aph o he a ec ed a ea o he news “The unning cons uc ion wo k in he qua - e La Te cia is conside ed insu icien ” is exposed (ECA, 1976a, le cen al page). No .–Dec. 1975 20% 15% 10% 5% 0% Jan.–Fe . 1976 Ma .–Ap . 1976 12,12% 12,12% 12,12% 9,09% 9,09% 6,06% 6,06% 18,18% 15,15% May.–Jun. 1976 Jul.–Aug. 1976 Sep.–Oc . 1976 No .–Dec. 1976 Jan.–Fe . 1977 Ma .–Ap . 1977 May.–Jun. 1977 Figu e 1. E olu ion o he neighbou ing p o es in ECA (1975–1977). Media and Communica ion, 2018, Volume 6, Issue 1, Pages 62–72 66 The poli ical ac o soon appea s and he newspa- pe is no indi e en o he implici poli ical dimension. F om he beginning o T ansi ion, he esiden s o some qua e s p esen e iden demands o amnes y such as he one shown in he piece “Residen s o i e neighbou - hoods eques amnes y” (ECA, 1976b, p. 20). The same happens wi h he au ho isa ion o denial o he demon- s a ion pe mission. The lack o se ices is behind he demons a ions o neighbou s ha a e ca ied ou ille- gally in he San Diego qua e by he elec ic powe cu - o as epo ed in he a icle “Demons a ion o neigh- bou s wi h li candles” (ECA, 1976c, p. 19). The p o es pe cen age (12.1%) is main ained in Ma ch and Ap il, al hough speeches (25%) gi e way o associa ions (50%), while demons a ions co e he es . The lack o se ices is p esen in news such as a mee - ing o he esiden s o he Palme e qua e o sol e hei p oblems o sewe age, ligh ing, wa e , e c. (“Palme e’s esiden s insis ”, ECA, 1976d, p. 15), bu social p ob- lems a e inc easingly linked o he poli ical si ua ion, as seen in a piece o news which equa es na ional and lo- cal p oblems: A housand people concen a ed on he esplanade o he Nues a Seño a del Pila chu ch a abou eigh o’clock. The e, once again, he p oblems o he coun- y we e exposed, and mo e conc e ely, o he Polí- gono San Pablo. A special men ion was made on he unemploymen si ua ion. (ECA, 1976e, p. 19) The law egula ing p ojec o he igh o assembly, pub- lished in he O icial S a e Gaze e on Ma ch 1, 1976, does no sol e he unlaw ul si ua ion o he p oceed- ings o he neighbou assemblies. Then, he newspape uses he mul iplie e ec o he news ha supposes o publish any da a on pe mission o denial o au ho isa- ion o demons a ions, assemblies, o mee ings. Pieces o in o ma ion such as “A mee ing o neighbou s in El Ce ezo” (ECA, 1976 , p. 19) o en appea in p i ileged places (co e , back co e , odd pages, local sec ion, o cen al pages) whe e he news on he ci izen p oblems de ine an au hen ic eclaiming showcase a he ime. This mo i a es ha , al hough he p o es dec ease in May–June is h ee poin s (9.09%) compa ed o he p e- ious mon hs, he o ma associa ions inc eases (66.6%) and is he majo i y, compa ed o 33.3% o demons a- ions. The newspape con inues o in o m, in e ms o cases, o he demons a ions conduc ed by some o - mal associa ions, h ough he neighbou s associa ions, and some in o mal associa ions ha ga he s people li - ing in he same neighbou hood o he ci y and a e mo- bilised o a common good (ECA, 1976g, cen al pages) o “The esiden s’ assembly o qua e C o he Polígono San Pablo” (ECA, 1976h, p. 19). Ci izens begin o be e en mo e awa e ha , o p ob- lems which a e appa en ly unsol able, solu ions mus be demanded om he compe en au ho i ies. In his way, a dicho omous ela ionship be ween he local poli ical powe , he Se ille Ci y Council, he mayo , and he neigh- bou s as spokesmen o he in e es s o he qua e s is p og essi ely es ablished. One o he clea es examples is he Palme e qua e . In June, a neighbou ing p o es mee ing asks o solu ions o he se ious p oblem o wa- e supply and sewe age in he a ea. The newspape col- lec s a pho og aph o he p o es e s en i led “Palme e insis s” accompanying he piece o in o ma ion “Almos h ee million in ce i ica es o wo ks in na ional schools” (ECA, 1976i, p. 19). 4.2. P o es Rise and Inc easing Poli icisa ion Se illians begin o obse e he esul s o he i s democ a ising measu es o he i s Adol o Suá ez’s go - e nmen om July 1976. Du ing he summe pe iod, he in o ma ion on p o es s is educed o 6.06%, o which 100% a e speeches. O he ci izen equi emen s, such as housing cons uc ion, shel e solu ion and necessa y in- as uc u e in he neighbou hoods (sewe age, access a angemen , ligh ing, public schools, ou pa ien clinics, ma ke , s ee signage, e c.), he lack o which makes he si ua ion o some qua e s unsus ainable whe e he i- al condi ions a e deplo able o subhuman ex emes, a e added o he demands o amnes y and eedom, a ai wage, o he opening o schools. This also ex ends o he disag eemen wi h some pub- lic wo ks, in he case o he piece o in o ma ion “Man- i es o o La Co a de la Ca uja” (ECA, 1976j, p. 32), in which he p omo e boa d o he P o incial Con ede a- ion o Neighbou ing Associa ions and he neighbou ing associa ions in he p ocess o legalisa ion, a e seeing how hey a e su e ing es ic ions in he ci y in he wa- e supply since he beginning o he yea , c i icise he wo ks o La Co a de la Ca uja and he delay in he con- s uc ion app o al o he El Ge gal ese oi . The p o es e u ns o eco e he pulse in he Sep embe –Oc obe pe iod, ob aining he highes alue o he whole pe iod analysed wi h 18.8%, which is es- pecially demanding, since 100% o he answe p esen s he o ma demons a ions ha al eady ha e au ho isa- ion om which he newspape p o ides imely in o - ma ion. In he sho news “The Associa ion o amily heads eques s a demons a ion” (ECA, 1976k, p. 39), he San Je ónimo Associa ion o amily heads asks he Ci il Go e nmen pe mission o a demons a ion in which hey eques a as egula ion o a ic ligh s in nume - ous qua e c ossings. Th ee days la e , he news “The demons a ion o San Je ónimo’s neighbou s o eques a ic ligh s au ho ised” (ECA, 1976l, p. 12) is published, whe e i is speci ied ha signs and pos e s will no be ca ied and ha “ he demons a ion will ake place de- spi e he news abou he Ci y Council ha ing al eady aken ac ion”. Mo e elemen s o clea poli ical con en a e p og es- si ely in oduced in he ex s as seen in he news “Mo e a ic ligh s!” (ECA, 1976m, le cen al page), which ex- plains ha San Je ónimo’s neighbou s demand a ic Media and Communica ion, 2018, Volume 6, Issue 1, Pages 62–72 67 SpeechesAssociaons Demons aons No .–Dec. 1975 100% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 0% Jan.–Fe . 1976 Ma .–Ap . 1976 May.–Jun. 1976 Jul.–Aug. 1976 Sep.–Oc . 1976 No .–Dec. 1976 Jan.–Fe . 1977 Ma .–Ap . 1977 May.–Jun. 1977 Figu e 2. Typology o neighbou ing p o es in ECA (1975–1977). ligh s holding nume ous placa ds wi h di e en slogans, including he whi e and g een Andalusian lags, one o which heads he demons a ion wi h he label “The San Je ónimo associa ion equi es a ic ligh s” and ha he episode “de elops in he mos comple e no mali y”. In Oc obe , he newspape echoes he ac s o p o es in he s ee as exp essed by he demons a ions o he Palme e esiden s in which hey ask o a solu ion o hei e e nal wa e and sewe p oblem. Addi ionally, he un ul illed p omises o he mayo ha a e ecu ing a he end o he yea s and ou : “App oxima ely 1,500 people demons a ed in Palme e” (ECA, 1976n, p. 39), “Palme e’s esiden s cu he a ic on he Su Eminen- cia oad again” (ECA, 1976o, p. 17) o “Palme e’s neigh- bou s cu he a ic in Su Eminencia o an hou ” (ECA, 1976p, p. 39). The a enua ion o he p o es in he mon hs o No embe and Decembe causes i o e u n o he in- dexes a he beginning o he yea (12.1%). The speeches eappea and ha e he same pe cen age as he demon- s a ions (50%), such as he one ha collec s he news “Demons a ion o Palme e’s neighbou s” (ECA, 1976q, p. 38), whe e a solu ion is eques ed o he issue o he canal which hinde s he access o child en o a kinde ga en. The speeches ga he o h igh c i icisms owa ds he au ho i ies: “We since ely hink ha he ac ion o he Minis y o Housing—i no he same as he Polígono Ae opue o—can be posi i e, al hough somewha slow” (ECA, 1976 , p. 11) and ake owne ship o he neighbou - ing issues: “Palme e is al eady in he hands o he Min- is y o Housing” (ECA, 1976s, p. 15). The newspape is no only a spokespe son o ci izens’ needs, bu i also c i icises he local go e nmen , as p oposed in he mu- nicipal e iew o 1976 which e lec s he eeling o pub- lic discon en in con empla ing he pe pe ua ion o he p oblems in he poo es neighbou hoods, essen ially o shel e s (ECA, 1976 , cen al pages). 4.3. D i o he Municipal Opposi ion An up u n o he neighbou ing p o es in he i s mon hs o 1977 is no ed. Janua y and Feb ua y a e he mon hs wi h he highes pe cen age in he ex s wi h he sec- ond highes alue o he pe iod s udied (15.1%). In his case, 20% is he o ma associa ions, while he pieces o in o ma ion on demons a ions in many neighbou - hoods in Se ille inc ease o 80% as in he La Oli a qua e which come o shu hemsel es away in he local com- muni y o p o es agains he negligen a i ude o he Municipal Pa onage, acco ding o he ex “One hun- d ed neighbou s we e held in he communi y p emises” (ECA, 1977a, p. 31). A ano he ime, exp op ia ion o a achmen is he objec o he piece o in o ma ion “Housing and plo s will no be exp op ia ed” (ECA, 1977b, p. 11), in which he consequences o he a ea inhabi- an s a e explained. The municipal c i icism agains he mayo is also in- ensi ied in pieces o in o ma ion such as “P o es o he p oceedings o he Se ille mayo ” (ECA, 1977c, le cen al page), whe e he newspape exposes ha he e- sponden s a e ep esen a i es o all neighbou ing asso- cia ions o he se en h and eigh h municipal dis ic s be- cause hey conside ha he mayo mus ha e been con- ac ed by he democ a ic neighbou ing associa ions o elabo a e on he Neighbou hood Eme gency Plan. The Go e nmen au ho ises he egis a ion o he pa ies in he Regis e o Poli ical Associa ions in Ma ch. By hen, e e y hing is looded wi h poli ics. A mon h be- o e, one o he p omo e s o he i s neighbou ing asso- cia ion in i e yea s, he Uni o he Polígono San Pablo, is in e iewed. Among he ques ions is he poli ical pu - Media and Communica ion, 2018, Volume 6, Issue 1, Pages 62–72 68 pose o he associa ion, whose esponse con ains demo- c a ic eminiscences o he socio-poli ical momen : Apa om he democ a ic cha ac e o he associa- ion, we a e awa e ha he social aspec is o en in i- ma ely ela ed o poli ics. Any decision be ween wo social and economic app oaches is a poli ical decision. Only in his sense can we be conside ed poli icians. (ECA, 1977d, p. 22) The p o es declines in Ma ch–Ap il o 9.09%; he speeches cap u e he 100% which makes he neighbou - ing answe mo e based on he dialogue and less comba - i e in he s ee . The e a e news in which Se illians de- mand public se ices and in as uc u e imp o emen s in he i s pe son o on behal o an associa ion. Fol- lowing his line, he headlines begin o be mo e s iking and di ec as “Ci y council, wha is gi en is no emo ed” (ECA, 1977e, p. 17), wo ds aken om he con e sa ion wi h some membe s o he La Co za Associa ion o am- ily heads. A he same ime, he ci izen as an indi idual o collec i e en i y becomes a p o agonis o he piece o in o ma ion wi h headlines such as “Do no wan o con- inue li ing in La Co chuela” (ECA, 1977 , p. 19), news in which he associa ion o amily heads o he qua e de- sc ibes he si ua ion o he inhabi an s o he a ea. In he las wo mon hs o May–June, he claim d ops o 6.06%. Speeches and demons a ions di ide up o 50%. Among he speeches we ind he piece o in o ma- ion “The esiden s o El Pol o ín equi e g een zones” (ECA, 1977g, igh cen al page), whe e he main sou ce used is he sec e a y o he owne ’s communi y, and is headed by a pho og aph o one o he s ee s o he qua - e . The baggage o p o es ac ions in June esul ed in he on al clash wi h he municipal au ho i y in pieces o in- o ma ion such as “P o es e s om La Co chuela did no le he mayo d i e his ca ” (ECA, 1977h, p. 1, igh cen- al page), whe e neighbou s aise hei oices mo e as jou nalis ic sou ces. 5. Discussion The p o es o he neighbou ing mo emen in he p ess du ing T ansi ion in Se ille is a clea example o he ci i- zen dissa is ac ion due o mul iple u ban p oblems, lack o housing and basic in as uc u es. In his way, he newspape publishes issues ela ed o he con lic and he con o e sy, al e ca ions, demons a ions, speeches and associa ions. The s a egies used ha e undamen- ally been: imely and epea ed in o ma ion on he holding o assemblies and au ho isa ion o demons a- ions; ea men o p oblems in cases (Palme e and La Co chuela); daily showcase o con lic ing news abou he wo ld o neighbou hood and u ban p oblems; head- lines wi h di ec and con o e sial language o make he ension s a es o he neighbou s explici ; s o ies o un- lucky encoun e s wi h he mayo ; he highligh s o he con inui y o he same p oblems; usage o pho og aphs wi h a desc ip i e unc ion o he social en i onmen and gi ing e idence o he de iciencies o he mos humble qua e s, and gene alisa ion o he sou ces usage as he neighbou s and p esiden s o associa ions. We ind he accompanimen om he beginning o a clea poli ical con en in he ex s ha inc eases as T ansi ion ad ances. Issues ela ed o he neighbou ing mo emen a e also newswo hy i hey a e esco ed by an a i ude ela ed o democ a ic change, eedom o as- socia ion, and eques s o amnes y, and eplicas in an a emp o p omo e local deba e, enhance he poli ical nuance o neighbou ing associa ions and o es ablish a se o opposing iews in he absence o poli ical pa ies. The in o ma ion low o he neighbou ing answe coin- cides wi h he poli ical ci cums ances o he momen , cons an in all s ages, especially in he i s wo. The me- dia co e age o he p o es o 1976 is managed especially h ough demons a ions and speeches, al hough he i s a e p esen almos all yea which gi es an idea o he bel- lige en a i ude wi hin he social mobilisa ion as a whole. We obse e he awakening o local consciousness (12.12%) be ween Janua y and Ap il 1976 wi h he ex s published wi hin he o ma o le el 2 o con lic (speeches and especially associa ions), which expose small local ba les. Only a i s , he newspape shows i - sel as an ex e nal obse e (ex a le el), bu when he poli ical ac o in e ened in he neighbou ing demands a he beginning o 1976, i assumes a le el o neu al in- e media y exposing i s claims and se ing as a pla o m (in e le el). F om he au umn mon hs, when he esul s o he i s democ a ising measu es o Suá ez’s i s go - e nmen begin o be obse ed, he e is a g ow h o de- mand which eaches he highes alues o he en i e pe- iod s udied in Sep embe and Oc obe (18.18%), being mos ly o le el 1, o high le el, wi h high pe cen ages o demons a ions. A a ime when an i-F anco poli ical op- posi ion is no legalised, ex s dealing wi h neighbou ing issues acqui e a g ea e deg ee o poli ical con en and channel democ a ising ideas, demons a ing ha i does no emain indi e en o poli ical and social eali y. The newspape hen eaches an in a le el o ac o in ol ed when i c i icises he local go e nmen and is accen u- a ed by gi ing mo e s eng h o he c i ical oices ha come om he neighbou s who exe cise he municipal opposi ion in he ollowing yea . The p o es esumes o g ow in he i s mon hs o 1977 (15.15%) wi h a high inc ease in demons a ions. As he poli ical pa ies a e legalised and he i s democ a ic elec ions in June a e app oaching, he p o es dec eases un il eaching hal o he ini ially achie ed (6.06%). Du - ing he sp ing, he speeches a e he main p o agonis s a a ime when dialogue p e ails, al hough demons a- ions eappea whe e he ole o he neighbou u ns up as an opponen o local poli ical au ho i y con inced ha he municipal changes go h ough democ a isa ion. By hen, he decline o published ex s on he neighbou ing mo emen coincides wi h he ans e o objec i es and pe sonnel o o he g oups and especially o he poli ical Media and Communica ion, 2018, Volume 6, Issue 1, Pages 62–72 69 sphe e. In his sense, he absence o ex s on associa ions is no o ious un il he end o he pe iod. 6. Conclusions Th oughou he T ansi ion p ocess, he neighbou is ep- esen ed in he p ess as a ci izen in a local democ a ic en i onmen , no malising beha iou s and pa e ns o ac- ion h ough p o es . The p ess con ibu es o make he neighbou , who publicly demands, esponds, and s ug- gles on he s ee , becomes an example o he neigh- bou who obse es him, assumes his ac ion and iden i- ies wi h him by eading he ex published in he news- pape . I he neighbou ing associa ions a e concei ed as schools o democ acy, he p ess—especially o he in- ol emen o he newspape s udied—con ibu es o he sp eading and ampli ica ion o ci izen awa eness and o educa e in democ a ic unc ioning om he p oximi y. 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