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
Journal: Estudios sobre el Mensaje Periodístico
Year: 2015

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 civ