Abstract

VELEZ-RENDON, Juan-Carlos. "The Linstock that Volcanizes the Nation". Formation of a Common Discursive Framework on Freedom of the Press in Public Papers in Colombia and the Republic of Nueva Granada (1821-1851). Hist. Soc. [online]. 2022, n.43, pp.208-233.  Epub Aug 22, 2022. ISSN 0121-8417.  https://doi.org/10.15446/hys.n43.95502.

The article explored debates on freedom of the press between 1821 and 1851, in Colombia / Nueva Granada, in which a common discursive framework was formed to establish what was acceptable and not acceptable in public controversy through newspapers and printed loose sheets. It analyzed the laws that regulate -formally- the use of the printing press, and penalized its abuse; there are also informal rules -republican civic parameters- and concrete practices adopted by public writers, which went beyond those rules. It is possible to identify a common language, formally accepted or rejected, to express discontent or acceptance, this language appealed to different forms of writing. To demonstrate these points, debates on freedom of the press were studied in official and private newspapers, as well as in printed loose sheets, with emphasis on those that circulated in the province of Antioquia.

Keywords : Colombia; Nueva Granada; freedom to print; freedom of the press; public opinion; public debates; newspapers; loose leaves.

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