Abstract

ACOSTA GARCIA, Raúl Gerardo; LARROSA-FUENTES, Juan  and  PALAU CARDONA, María Magdalena Sofía. Public decisions without public dialogues: Case study of the Via Express in Guadalajara's newspapers. Comun. soc [online]. 2014, n.21, pp.139-159. ISSN 0188-252X.

This article analyzes the public debate regarding a proposed highway through the city of Guadalajara. This public work, which in the end was not carried out, was controversial and prompted heated debates between political and social actors. The research on which this paper is based scrutinized the coverage of the case in four local newspapers to evaluate the quality of public dialogue about the public work.

Keywords : Public opinion; public space; lack of public dialogue; newspaper content analysis.