All
political conflicts are constructed through communication (Castelló, 2012).
Therefore, the field in which this communication takes place becomes a central
issue in media studies, and indeed can be considered the conflict itself. The
recent Catalan political conflict provides an opportunity to study how a
particular case reflects the dynamics established between political actors,
media and citizens in the public sphere
The main
goal of this special issue is to collect different approaches to the
communicative construction of the Catalan conflict from a broad point of view,
with full articles and viewpoints on topics that may include, but are not
limited to, the following:
