Date of reading: 01/01/1994

Thesis management: AZKARGORTA ARETXABALA ANTTON (Director)

Board of Examiners:

ORIVE RIVA PEDRO (Chairperson)
ORIOL COSTA I BADIA PERE (Member)
FONTCUBERTA BALAGUER MAR (Member)
CAMINOS MARCET JOSE MARIA (Member)
ARMENTIA VIZUETE JOSE IGNACIO (Secretary)

Descriptors:

POLITICAL SCIENCE
PUBLIC OPINION
INFORMATION POLICIES
SECTORIAL POLICIES
PRESS

Summary:

THE AIM OF THE PhD THESIS IS TO EVALUATE AND EXPLAIN THE INFLUENCE OF PRESS OFFICES ON THE CURRENT INFORMATION SYSTEM. THEORETICAL CONCEPTS ARE ALSO TACKLED SUCH AS WHAT IS REFERRED TO AS "GATEKEEPERING" WHICH ENABLES THE PATH PURSUED BY A CERTAIN KIND OF INFORMATION TO BE UNDERSTOOD, FROM THE TIME IT IS OFFERED BY A SPECIFIC SOURCE TO THE TIME IT REACHES THE TARGET AUDIENCE. A LOOK BACK AT THE MAIN PRESS OFFICES EXISTING IN SPAIN IS ALSO INCLUDED WITH A VIEW TO FINDING OUT THEIR WORKING METHODS AND THEIR WAY OF MAINTAINING CONTACT WITH THE DIFFERENT NEWS MEDIA.
APART FROM THE THEORETICAL STANDPOINT, THE THESIS BY JESUS MARIA RAMIREZ ALSO CONSIDERS FOUR PRACTICAL CASES - THE FRUITS OF PAINSTAKING FIELD WORK CARRIED OUT IN ORDER TO EXPLAIN ABOUT THE AREA OF THE DYNAMICS OF INFORMATION OF PRESS OFFICES.