The mass media as constructors of reality from the discourse of violence: El Meridiano newspaper of Córdoba (Colombia)

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https://doi.org/10.31637/epsir-2024-1145

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mass media, information media, armed conflict, violence, speech, crimen, news, gender violence

Abstract

Introduction: This study analyses the role of the media in the construction of reality in the context of the Colombian post-agreement and the current conflict, exploring the thematisations made by El Meridiano de Montería about violence in Córdoba in 2021. Methodology: From a systemic perspective, a qualitative approach with content analysis was adopted, using the composite week method to select the sample and NVIVO software for data coding. Results: The results show that violence is thematised in emergent categories: accidents, military actions, organised crime, common crime and everyday violence. Discussion: The study interprets how the media, by selecting and simplifying information, participate in the construction of a mediated reality, in this case focusing on issues of violence from the language of cultural violence. Conclusions: It is concluded that the media play a crucial role in shaping public perception of conflict through the selective thematisation of acts of violence, influencing the public opinion agenda.

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Julián Vélez Carvajal, Pontifical Bolivarian University

Research professor of the Social Communication Programme - Journalism at the Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana. Doctor in Educational Sciences, Master in Educational Communication and Bachelor in Ethno-education and Community Development. Member of the Communication, Law and Humanities Research Group - COEDU-.

Elena Hortencia Ponce Martínez, Pontifical Bolivarian University

Research professor in the Social Communication - Journalism programme at the Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana Montería. Doctor in Education, Master in Design, professional in Social Communication - Journalism, with more than 10 years in university teaching. Member of the Research Group in Communication, Law and Humanities - COEDU-.

Melissa Quintana Fernández, Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana

Research professor in the Social Communication - Journalism programme at the Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana Montería. Master in Human Rights and Culture of Peace, professional in Social Communication - Journalism, with more than 7 years in university teaching. Lines of research: communication, education and culture. Member of the Communication, Law and Humanities Research Group - COEDU-.

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2024-11-06

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Vélez Carvajal, J., Ponce Martínez, E. H., & Quintana Fernández, M. (2024). The mass media as constructors of reality from the discourse of violence: El Meridiano newspaper of Córdoba (Colombia). European Public & Social Innovation Review, 9, 1–16. https://doi.org/10.31637/epsir-2024-1145

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Vol. 9 (2024)

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INNOVATING IN PUBLIC INPUTS FOR PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION: JOURNALISTIC AND POLITICAL

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