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Catalan Memories at the Crossroads: the Removal of the Francoist Memorial in Tortosa and the Transformation of the Via Laietana Police Station into a Memorial Site Cover

Catalan Memories at the Crossroads: the Removal of the Francoist Memorial in Tortosa and the Transformation of the Via Laietana Police Station into a Memorial Site

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|Dec 2025

Figures & Tables

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.
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.
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.

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.
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.
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.

Distribution of analyzed news items

TortosaVia Laietana
NewspaperNº news itemsNewspaperNº news items
El Punt34Ara29
La Vanguardia30Nació Digital26
Nació Digital35La Vanguardia17
ABC14Vilaweb23
Ara21El Periódico20
Total134Total115

Content analysis coding book

VariableCategoryCode
MappingNewspaper
Year of publication2016; 2017; 2018; 2019; 2020; 2021; 2021
Author
Visual resourcesImages; photographs; illustrations; graphics; tables; infographics; social networks insights
NarrativeActorsPast; present
EventsPast; present
Thematic axesPolitical; social; historical; cultural; economic
FramingSemetko and Valkenburg (2000)Responsibility; human interest; conflict; economic consequences; morality
Desrosiers (2012)Counter-framing; severity; injustice; adversarial
Mentions of “memory”N mentions
DisinformationStrategiesFalse balance; false expert; discredit
FallaciesConspiracy; emotional provocation; polarization; impersonation

Frames of Smetko and Valkenburg in relation to the debate on the Francoist monument in Tortosa

YearResponsibilityHuman interestConflictMoralityEconomic consequences
20160.350.000.300.000.00
20170.440.070.330.000.00
20180.440.020.180.000.00
20190.570.000.380.000.00
20200.390.010.390.000.12
20210.380.000.400.000.03
20220.500.000.270.000.00
p-value0.04*0.2070.859-0.001*

Frames of Smetko and Valkenburg in relation to the transformation of the Via Laietana police station into a memorial site

YearResponsibilityHuman interestConflictMoralityEconomic consequences
20160.50.000.000.000.00
20170.540.000.050.000.00
20180.170.330.330.020.00
20190.520.210.390.000.00
20200.750.050.250.000.00
20210.380.100.310.000.05
20220.250.200.000.000.33
p-value0.0920.04*0.1050.9740.05*
Language: English
Page range: 179 - 195
Published on: Dec 28, 2025
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 2 issues per year

© 2025 Sergio Villanueva Baselga, Luciana Mackeena Sosa, Noelia Rodríguez, published by Charles University, Faculty of Social Sciences
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