La construcción de un espacio comunicacional periférico en el norte de España: Asturias en el primer cuarto del siglo XX

Abstract

In the early decades of the 20th century the Asturian press progressively abandoned its initial elitism in order to reach a wider public and to settle on firmer foundations. This is shown by newspaper contents but also by print run sizes, machinery and corporate organisation and by the extensive use of the new possibilities opened by telephone and telegraph. As a consequence, by 1923 we may say that the media had realised the full potential of a truly efficient and modern communication network and was thus capable of reaching a mass audience.