Breaking News on South American Immigration: Investigating Ecuadorian and Colombian Newspaper Coverage
- Authors
- Celi V?lez, Carolina Iveth
- Format
- MasterThesis
- Status
- publishedVersion
- Description
Migration in Latin America is a phenomenon that has been depicted in local and global media as a process of poverty, danger, threat, criminality, and environmental problems. These descriptions portray immigrants as ?newcomers? looking for better social and economic opportunities (Ureta, 2011, pp. 1415). From that perspective, immigrants in Latin America, as minorities, are typically represented by simplistic descriptions embedded in stereotypes, binary oppositions and the wider reproduction or repetition of those discourses (Hall, 1997, pp. 229259). This thesis aims to analyze and describe media depictions of the increased Colombian immigration to Ecuador in six major newspapers from 2009 to 2014. Engaging with Stuart Hall's representation theory, framing theory, Van Dijk's elite and racism discourse views, and Benson?s immigration frames, this research explores the image of Colombian immigrants in the Latin American press of two countries. This theoretical contrast sets a precedent to understand media portrayals of minorities. The methodology of this research provides a quantitative and a qualitative analysis of the newspapers? articles and will focus on analyzing both manifest and latent content. Given the above, this research attempts to be a practical and theoretical tool to find reliable evidence to support a forceful critique of the journalistic shortcomings of some Ecuadorian and Colombian newspapers. It exposes a new form of understanding migration from a south-south or intra-regional perspective. And it endeavours to become a feasible reference in Latin America to claim a more ?socially responsible' and balanced journalism when depicting immigrants and other minorities in the newspapers of the region.
- Publication Year
- 2015
- Language
- eng
- Topic
- PERIODISMO COMPARATIVO
ESTUDIOS DE MIGRACI?N
AN?LISIS COMPARATIVO
INTRARREGIONAL
- Repository
- Repositorio SENESCYT
- Rights
- openAccess
- License