The beginning of the Portuguese press in the United States of America

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  • Alberto Pena Rodriguez Faculdade de Ciênicas Sociais e da Comunicação na Universidade de Vigo

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15448/1980-3729.2017.2.25558

Keywords:

Press, United States of America, Portuguese Immigration

Abstract

This paper aims to approach to the Portuguese ethnic press in the United States of America at the end of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. By means a qualitative and quantitative methodology, this article analyses the emergence and expansion of the Portuguese press throughout the North American territory. This research tries to describe the main features of this kind of newspapers to understand the relevance and dimension of the Portuguese immigrant journalism in the United States.

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Author Biography

Alberto Pena Rodriguez, Faculdade de Ciênicas Sociais e da Comunicação na Universidade de Vigo

Doutor (com Menção Europeia) em Ciências da Informação pela Universidade Complutense de Madrid e Doutor em História Contemporânea pela Universidade Nacional de Educación a Distancia (UNED). É professsor titular de História da Propaganda na Faculdade de Ciênicas Sociais e da Comunicação na Universidade de Vigo.

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2017-03-24

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Pena Rodriguez, A. (2017). The beginning of the Portuguese press in the United States of America. Revista FAMECOS, 24(2), ID25558. https://doi.org/10.15448/1980-3729.2017.2.25558

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Vol. 24 No. 2 (2017)

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Research Journalism

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