The newspaper is on the street: the press at the center of the April Revolution

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https://doi.org/10.34629/cpublica.960

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Portuguese Press, 1974-75 Period, Media Policies

Abstract

The book The newspaper is on the street: the press at the center of the April Revolution offers us a vast set of data and information on the reality of the Portuguese press sector in the period immediately following the 25th of April, through, in particular, the analysis, evolution and challenges of the fifteen national newspapers that existed at the time, based in Lisbon or Porto. This is an undeniably important time in several aspects related to the media sector: in the definition and ideological disputes regarding public policies, in the supply and diversity of the market and in the participation of journalists and other professionals in the sector in the guidance of the media.

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Author Biography

  • Alberto Arons de Carvalho, Universidade Autónoma de Lisboa

    Doctor of Communication Sciences from FCSH of the Nova University of Lisbon and graduated in Law from the Faculty of Law of Lisbon. Since October 2018, he has been a lecturer at the Autonomous University of Lisbon. He was a lecturer in the Department of Communication Sciences at FCSH of the Nova University of Lisbon between 1981 and 1995 and between 2002 and 2016. He held the positions of Secretary of State for Social Communication between 1995 and 2002 in the XIII and XIV constitutional governments and deputy to the Constituent Assembly and the Assembly of the Republic (1975 to 1983, 1987 to 1995 and 2002 to 2009). He was a founder of the Socialist Party (PS) and the Socialist Youth (JS). He was a journalist at República (1974/5) and A Luta (1975/6), a member of the Press Council (in 1975 and between 1985 and 1988) and of the Information Councils for the Press (1977-80) and for RDP (1980-84). He was vice-president of the Regulatory Council of the ERC between 2011 and 2017. He was vice-president of the General Council of the Polytechnic Institute of Lisbon between 2015 and 2019. He has been a member of the Independent General Council of RTP since November 2020, having been elected President of this body in November 2024. He has published nine books, four of which were co-authored, on topics related to the media.

References

Gomes, P. M. (Coord.) (2025). O jornal está na rua: a imprensa no centro da Revolução de Abril. Âncora Editora.

Gomes, P. M. (2021). A imprensa na Revolução, os novos jornais e as lutas políticas de 1975. Imprensa Nacional.

Hallin, D. e Mancini, P. (2004). Comparing media systems. Cambridge University Press.

Schramm, W., Siebert, F. & Peterson, T. (1956). Four theories of the press. University of Illinois Press.

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Published

2025-12-15

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Vol. 20 No. 39 (2025): Number with Special Issue

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The newspaper is on the street: the press at the center of the April Revolution. (2025). Comunicação Pública, 20(39). https://doi.org/10.34629/cpublica.960