Una aproximación a los medios de comunicación en el conflicto vasco desde el Periodismo de Paz

Abstract

The paper presents an interdisciplinary study on the media in the Basque conflict based on Peace Journalism and Social Psychology. The study exposes the main works in Communication Sciences on the behavior of media in this conflict, and bases its empirical section on 22 in-depth interviews with Basque media managers. The witnesses indicate that the media were actors in the conflict, transferred simplified and polarized views of reality, and were victims of violence. As a final thought, it is inferred that the media practiced War Journalism.