City University of New York (CUNY) CUNY Academic Works Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects Graduate Center 6-2016 Broadcasting the Crisis: Spanish Television as Critique Eva Velasco Pena The Graduate Center, City University of New York How does access to this work benefit ou?y Let us know! Follow this and additional works at: https://academicworks.cuny.edu/gc_etds Part of the Other Film and Media Studies Commons, Spanish and Portuguese Language and Literature Commons, Television Commons, Theory and Criticism Commons, and the Visual Studies Commons Recommended Citation Velasco Pena, Eva, "Broadcasting the Crisis: Spanish Television as Critique" (2016). CUNY Academic Works. https://academicworks.cuny.edu/gc_etds/1374 This Thesis is brought to you by CUNY Academic Works. It has been accepted for inclusion in All Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects by an authorized administrator of CUNY Academic Works. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. BROADCASTING THE CRISIS: SPANISH TELEVISION AS CRITIQUE by EVA VELASCO PEÑA A master’s thesis submitted to the Graduate Faculty in Liberal Studies in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts, The City University of New York 2016 © 2016 EVA VELASCO PEÑA All Rights Reserved ii BROADCASTING THE CRISIS: SPANISH TELEVISION AS CRITIQUE by Eva Velasco Peña A master’s thesis submitted to the Graduate Faculty in Liberal Studies in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts, The City University of New York _______________ _____________________________ Date Dr. Paul Julian Smith _______________ _____________________________ Date Dr. Matthew Gold iii THE CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK ABSTRACT Broadcasting the Crisis: Spanish Television as Critique by Eva Velasco Peña Advisor: Paul Julian Smith Television is often thought of as monolithic and totalizing, controlling viewers and upholding the status quo.