Table 1:
Distribution of analyzed news items
| Tortosa | Via Laietana | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Newspaper | Nº news items | Newspaper | Nº news items |
| El Punt | 34 | Ara | 29 |
| La Vanguardia | 30 | Nació Digital | 26 |
| Nació Digital | 35 | La Vanguardia | 17 |
| ABC | 14 | Vilaweb | 23 |
| Ara | 21 | El Periódico | 20 |
| Total | 134 | Total | 115 |
Table 2:
Content analysis coding book
| Variable | Category | Code |
|---|---|---|
| Mapping | Newspaper | |
| Year of publication | 2016; 2017; 2018; 2019; 2020; 2021; 2021 | |
| Author | ||
| Visual resources | Images; photographs; illustrations; graphics; tables; infographics; social networks insights | |
| Narrative | Actors | Past; present |
| Events | Past; present | |
| Thematic axes | Political; social; historical; cultural; economic | |
| Framing | Semetko and Valkenburg (2000) | Responsibility; human interest; conflict; economic consequences; morality |
| Desrosiers (2012) | Counter-framing; severity; injustice; adversarial | |
| Mentions of “memory” | N mentions | |
| Disinformation | Strategies | False balance; false expert; discredit |
| Fallacies | Conspiracy; emotional provocation; polarization; impersonation |
Figure 1:
Distribution over time of the news items about the two events: (a) the withdrawal of the Francoist monument in Tortosa, and (b) the project to transform the Via Laietana police station into a memorial site.
Figure 2:
Actors mentioned in the news items: (a) the withdrawal of the Francoist monument in Tortosa, and (b) the project to transform the Via Laietana police station into a memorial site.
Table 3:
Frames of Smetko and Valkenburg in relation to the debate on the Francoist monument in Tortosa
Table 4:
Frames of Smetko and Valkenburg in relation to the transformation of the Via Laietana police station into a memorial site
Figure 3:
Conversation on Twitter from 2015 to 2022 about turning the Via Laietana police station into a memorial site. Two main communities are detected: (1) in favor of Catalan independence; (2) against Catalan independence, active politicians from right-wing parties.
Figure 4:
Conversation on Twitter from 2015 to 2022 about the removal of the monument commemorating the Battle of the Ebro in Tortosa. Four communities are detected: (1) opposed to Catalan Independence; (2) in favor of Catalan independence, active politicians; (3) in favor of Catalan independence, civil society; (4) others without a fixed position.