Francesc   Nabot i Tomas or an example of radical Catholicism as a theory for a   "Good Press

Tavera i Garcia, Susanna

Revistes Catalanes amb Accés Obert

Abstract 
5 The Last Sem ester 
This summary of thc second semester of 1989 shows that. in the fïrst place. 
"thcre has been a new acceleration in the persistent wave of renovation and 
ex pa nsion o f the media system. with all o f its repercussions on the practice o f 
journalism and the work of journalists". 
The su mmary puts special emphasis on severa! important achievements wit-
hin the media world: the new private televisions. the changes in the various 
Catalan newspapers. the renewed atternpt to create a weekly informative 
newspaper in Catalan. the changes in both public radio and television. 
etc. 
lt also records the open debate about the function of the public media a nd 
journalists that work in the media during the electoral period. 
Different national and international events have also reopened the debate 
about independence a nd the function o f journalists a nd ha ve promoted inter-
national solidarity and communication within the profession. 
Finally. the semester has registered a notable increase in topics of interest 
about professional practices: Ethic codes. limitations on political activity a nd 
the economic interests of the journalists working on the big American news-
papers. political sensationalism in sorne of the Spanish publications. etc. 
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Francesc Nabot i Tomas 
or an example of radical 
Catholicism as a theory 
for a "Good Press" 
SUSANNA TAVERA I GARCIA 
The author of this article speaks about Francesc Nabot i Tomàs. professorat 
the University of Barcelona who. between 1911 a nd 1923. published a collec-
tion of tracts with the support of the ecclesiastical authorities of Barcelona. 
"All of them • says the author- ha ve a confessional discourse about the func· 
tions of the press a nd catholic journalism in com mon. And they a re. moreo· 
ver, a clear response to the crisis o f the Barcelona society. represented by the 
"Setmana Tràgica" (The Tragic Week) in July of !909". 
ANNALS DEL PERIODISME CATALÀ 
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"As such- the author continues- it is necessary to include them in the ha nd-
ful of rcsponses that the most militant catholicism articulated as a way of ea-
sing the social tensions that ha ve hcen incrcasingly violently manifestcd since 
the heginn ing of thc centu ry". 
Nabot i Tornàs collaborated on various catholic newspapers. especially on 
"El Correo Catalan" and was a "fierce dcfender" of thc renowned "good 
press". that is to say. of a determined catholic press. that in hi s articles is defi-
ned as the contraposition to the "bad press" or the "impious press". "hetero-
dox" a nd "immoral". consti tutcd by all thc puhl ications "opposed to thc cat-holic church". and for this rcason. opposed- according to Nahot- "to faith. 
rnorality and social order". 
The article includes a selection of the texts puhlished hy Nabot i Tornàs. 
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An Analysis of the 
information about the 
Qlympic Games and 
European affairs in the 
Barcelona N ewspapers 
ERNEST UDINA 
The author of this article synthcsises cach of the studies carried out by the 
"Centre d'Estudis Olímpics" a nd the "Departament de Periodisme dc la Uni-
versitat Autònoma de Barcelona". ("The Centre ofOiympic Studies" and the 
"Oepartmenl of Journalism at the Autonomous University of Barcelona"). 
and analysés the way that the Barcelona ncwspapers treated information a nd 
dealt with the olympic phenomcnon and thc process of construction of the 
Europcan Economic Community. in the pcriod from thc 1st of Fcbruary to 
the 31st o f May. 1989. 
The sample analyscs the titles and leading articles of all the information 
about these topics that appearcd in the fivc Barcelona Newspapers (in the 
case of the Olympic Games. a Iso in the two sports newspapers). with a length 
that surpassed onc colurnn . 
As far as the Olympic Games and related topics a re concerned. 656 articles. 
treatcd on a basis o f three variables. ha ve bccn taken in to account: ir.frastruc-
ture a nd urban construction work: the organisation ofthe Games: a nd related 
topics. The sample shows that innovations and connicts have been the main 
criteri a for the choicc o f the "olympic" inforrnation. as wcll as the lack o f arti-
cles published on opin ion ahout the topic, and concludcs by emphasising a 
triple dimension of the Olympic Games: as an urban phcnomenon. of urban 
innovation and transformation: as a phenomenon of political power: and as 
a sports phenomcnon. 
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