The Catalan-language press from 1868 to 1939

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  • Josep Maria Casasús Universitat Pompeu Fabra

Resumen

The cultural Renaixença (Renaissance) movement in Catalonia spurred the swift development of the press in Catalonia. The journalism that took off during that period laid the groundwork for the ensuing stages, which showed extraordinary vitality spanning a period from 1868 to 1939. At the same time, this period can be divided into two stages: a “transition”, which ranged from the restoration
of the monarchy (1876) until the end of World War I (1918), and a stage of “modernisation”, which approximately covers the years between the world wars (1919-1939). However, the Franco dictatorship destroyed the role that journalised once played as an indispensable tool in the advancement of the discontinuous process of civil and cultural reform in Catalonia.

Biografía del autor/a

Josep Maria Casasús, Universitat Pompeu Fabra

Josep Maria Casasús i Guri (Barcelona, 1944) is a journalist and university professor. He earned his PhD in Information Studies and has served as the Dean of the Faculty of Media Studies at Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF). He was the president of the Societat Catalana de Comunicació and the Sociedad Española de Periodística and the first Dean of Journalism at Universitat Pompeu Fabra. He is a full member of the Institut d’Estudis Catalans. He has been awarded the Creu de Sant Jordi and the Jaume Vicens Vives distinction for quality university teaching.

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