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Summary
This Final Degree project analyzes how the American media outlets CNN and Fox News frame the discourses of Presidents Joe Biden and Donald Trump regarding two major international conflicts: the Russia Ukraine conflict and the Israeli Palestinian conflict. The study is based on the premise that both political leaders and the media play a key role in shaping public narratives about war and peace. Using a mixed methodology ,combining qualitative and quantitative content analysis, the research investigates dominant frames, informational tone, source selection, and possible ideological orientations in the media coverage of presidential decisions. Furthermore, it examines whether the media act as mechanisms of legitimation or questioning of foreign policy, applying the theories of framing, indexing, and manufacturing consent. Despite the ideological differences between Biden and Trump, and between the analyzed media outlets, there is a shared tendency to justify the use of force. CNN and Fox News, although with different approaches, frequently reproduce narratives that legitimize military intervention, often omitting alternative or humanitarian perspectives. The thesis also highlights gaps in the literature: few studies specifically analyze how presidential decisions are framed in the media, and even fewer compare both conflicts and both presidents simultaneously. This research seeks to fill that gap by offering a critical analysis of the relationship between political leadership, media, and public perception of war.

Direction
LOPEZ LOPEZ, PAULO CARLOS (Tutorships)

Court
GONZALEZ LOPEZ, MANUEL (Chairman)
PINTADO LOBATO, MONTSERRAT (Secretary)
LOPEZ RODRIGUEZ, ALFONSO ANTONIO (Member)

Summary
The tension between the representative mandate and the party mandate is structural in any party-based democracy, but it is not necessarily negative or irresolvable. The existence of limits on power is essential to prevent its abuse, and for this reason, the way this tension is managed can foster greater internal democracy within political parties through the development of deliberative mechanisms, thereby strengthening the democratic functioning of parties, which is a constitutional requirement. However, this tension can also lead to a political crisis, as occurred in Santiago de Compostela, Spain, with a divided PSdeG (Galician Socialist Party) and the expulsion of three female councillors and one male councillor, stemming from the breach of voting discipline on an ordinance related to the regulation of tourist housing in the municipality. This ultimately revealed an underlying power struggle for control of the party. Thus, through this case study, exploring the limits of this tension (applying a local perspective, which is uncommon in this type of research) will allow for an explanation of the effects this crisis had on the party's perceived legitimacy.

Direction
LOIS GONZALEZ, MARTA IRENE (Tutorships)

Court
GONZALEZ LOPEZ, MANUEL (Chairman)
PINTADO LOBATO, MONTSERRAT (Secretary)
LOPEZ RODRIGUEZ, ALFONSO ANTONIO (Member)

Summary
This thesis intends to analyze the populism, specifically exclusionary populism, using Donald J. Trump's speech during his 2020-2024 presidential campaign as a case study. It draws on the various conceptual interpretations of populism as a theoretical basis, identifying its key elements for analysis. To this end, Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA) is used on a corpus of nine selected speeches by Donald J. Trump. The purpose of the study is to detail how his rhetoric constructs an idealized people and systematically demonizes the enemy (elites, adversaries, etc.), thus articulating a consistent narrative of crisis and restoration through his distinctive discursive style. The main finding is that Donald J. Trump's speech clearly and consistently adheres to an exclusionary populist pattern, demonstrating the effectiveness of his communicative strategy in mobilizing his electoral base and neutralizing his opponents.

Direction
CASTRO MARTINEZ, PALOMA (Tutorships)

Court
Rivera Otero, Jose Manuel (Chairman)
NOVO VAZQUEZ, MARIA AMPARO (Secretary)
ALONSO ALVAREZ, ALBA (Member)

Summary
This paper studies the electoral behavior of Generation Z in the general elections held in Spain on July 23, 2023. Using a quantitative and comparative approach, it analyzes the behavior of this cohort in relation to previous generations, paying special attention to the sociodemographic, political, ideological, and contextual factors that influenced their decision to vote or abstain. Descriptive statistical techniques and ten binary logistic regression models are used to identify differential patterns in electoral motivations. This study stems from an interest in understanding how Generation Z positions itself in the current Spanish political landscape. The work thus contributes to a generational reading of the vote that allows us to anticipate future trends in political participation.

Direction
MO GROBA, DIEGO (Tutorships)

Court
GONZALEZ LOPEZ, MANUEL (Chairman)
PINTADO LOBATO, MONTSERRAT (Secretary)
LOPEZ RODRIGUEZ, ALFONSO ANTONIO (Member)

Summary
The focus of the research will be the search for information in relation to intersexuality, a condition that affects between 20,000 and 800,000 people in Spain. This research will analyse the importance of its recognition not only in the state sphere but also in the educational and research sphere. It aims to analyse the current legislation, the I Plan of actions for equality in the educational centres of Galicia, together with the different protocols and courses held at the University of Santiago de Compostela on LGBTIQ+ issues; in order to propose a series of recommendations to the USC for its improvement. Likewise, the responses of the USC teaching staff to their knowledge of the subject and their performance in queer integration will be contrasted.

Direction
DOMINGUEZ RUIZ, IGNACIO ELPIDIO (Tutorships)

Court
Rivera Otero, Jose Manuel (Chairman)
NOVO VAZQUEZ, MARIA AMPARO (Secretary)
ALONSO ALVAREZ, ALBA (Member)

Summary
This paper conducts a longitudinal study of diffuse support for the political system in Spain during the period from 2017 to 2024, prior to the entry of the far right, and aims to evaluate the evolution of political disaffection and of satisfaction with democracy, while also relating to the phenomenon of polarization and party identification. In this way, it aims to provide empirical evidence on those people who show a lower degree of support for the system and on the factors that influence this to a greater extent, as well as the effect of the partisan gap on their evaluations.

Direction
PEREIRA LOPEZ, MARIA (Tutorships)

Court
Rivera Otero, Jose Manuel (Chairman)
NOVO VAZQUEZ, MARIA AMPARO (Secretary)
ALONSO ALVAREZ, ALBA (Member)

Summary
This document descriptively analyzes current issues related to equality, namely the gender gap in the workplace and gender-based violence, and addresses the struggle for women's rights. It links it to modern development policies at different levels, with particular attention to the Galician regional sphere, and discusses public policies through their services and their transversality.

Direction
ALONSO ALVAREZ, ALBA (Tutorships)

Court
Rivera Otero, Jose Manuel (Chairman)
NOVO VAZQUEZ, MARIA AMPARO (Secretary)
ALONSO ALVAREZ, ALBA (Member)