Las Representaciones De La Protesta Social Estudiantil En Colombia 2018-2019

Abstract

Student social protest as a problem of research in education raised an interest in analyzing the discursive constructions of the press with which the social actors who participated in it during the national strike of 2018-2019 in Colombia were represented. The analysis found theoretical basis in studies of mass communication, social representations and formation of public opinion; it was inscribed in a qualitative perspective, and CDA (Critical Analysis of Discourse) method was proposed to achieve an understanding of such representations in two ways: a textual one to identify meanings associated with the actors, and a hermeneutic one to infer meanings and intrinsic power relations in those discourses; for this purpose, the opinion section of two digital media was analyzed. The findings focus on the presentation of social actors typified through discursive or contextual strategies that associate them with ideological patterns, personality characteristics and conversational roles that determine a degree of legitimacy in audiences, a fact that manifests the importance of a discursive ethics in relation to a communication pedagogy and the reception of mass social representations.