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T1 Home-grown fiction programmes in the late-Franco period and the first transition: Shaping a democratic culture (1970–1976)
A1 Chicharro Merayo, María del Mar
A1 Gil Gascón, Fátima
K1 Content analysis
K1 Francoism
K1 Spain
K1 Television fiction
K1 Transition to democracy
K1 Comunicación
K1 Communication
AB This work reviews the role of Spanish-produced fiction in the shaping of a democratic culture in Spain. To this end, it studies in-depth a selection of domestic fiction programmes aired in the years leading up to the death of the dictator General Franco and the outset of the transition to democracy (1970–1976). Spanish television professionals during this period used fictional accounts to initiate themselves in a type of production that had scarcely had a presence in its rudimentary audio-visual market. But they also used fiction to bypass censorship and broadcast messages aimed at promoting a democratic culture. This research analyses the content and formal characteristics of 11 fiction series produced by Televisión Española that, besides being hugely popular, stood out for the ideological richness of their messages. These programmes proved to be important cultural pieces in laying the groundwork for the transition to democracy by acting as channels to instil values of freedom, consumption or gender equality and criticism of the Franco regime. This analysis concludes by showing how in 1976, the fledgling stages of the transition saw the advent of formally democratic programming that, however, had been fuelled, among others, by contents aired in previous years.
PB SAGE Publications
SN 1367-5494
YR 2020
FD 2020-07
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10259/8078
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10259/8078
LA eng
NO The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: This work is part of the following research projects/groups: Historia de la programación y de los programas de television en España [History of Television Programmes and Programming in Spain], CSO2015-66260-C4-1-P financed by the Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness, Spain; Complutense research group ‘Historia y Estructura de la Comunicación y el Entretenimiento’ ([History and structure of media and entertainment] ref. 940439 Gr 58/08); research group CAYPAT [Communication and Heritage], University of Burgos.
DS Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Burgos
RD 09-may-2024