Discursive construction on femicide in the Ecuadorian press

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5209/esmp.71928
Keywords: femicide, Diana Carolina, discursive strategies, mass media, Ecuador

Abstract

This investigation delves into the construction of the news made by the Ecuadorian media about acts of femicide. News issued by two newspapers are analyzed: El Comercio and El Telégrafo, in their digital versions, referring to a case study, the femicide of Diana Carolina, in the city of Ibarra, in January 2019. The qualitative investigation was carried out focuses on Critical Discourse Analysis (ACD). From the elements that are prioritized, they are omitted and reinforced in the headline, lead, and body of the news. The study allows corroborating that when addressing the issue of femicide, the construction of news appeals to strategies such as naturalization, legitimation and spectacularization, and discursive resources such as euphemization, and mitigation, through which the naturalization of the phenomenon is paid. Contextual circumstances that mitigate the magnitude of the crime of femicide take relevance in the corpus.

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Alicia María Elizundia Ramírez, Universidad Iberoamericana del Ecuador

Docente-investigadora de la Universidad Iberoamericana del Ecuador. Graduada de la Universidad de La Habana. Licenciada en periodismo, con un doctorado y una maestría en Ciencias de la Comunicación. Trabaja la línea del Análisis Crítico del Discurso y de contenidos de mensajes de medios audiovisuales, en temas relacionados con la cultura, la ideología, el poder, los medios de comunicación y género. Entre sus publicaciones se cuentan: El discurso político contemporáneo en Latinoamérica: el programa Aló Presidente (2013); El discurso del presidente Rafael Correa frente a las manifestaciones ocurridas en Ecuador durante junio-agosto 2015 (2016) y Estereotipos y nuevas representaciones del lenguaje de género en spots publicitarios difundidos por la televisión ecuatoriana durante 2016-2017 (2020).

Myriam Álvarez Yaulema, Universidad Iberoamericana del Ecuador

Docente de la Universidad Iberoamericana del Ecuador, Directora de la Unidad de Bienestar Universitario, Magíster en Educación y Desarrollo Social con una trayectoria ligada al trabajo docente en todos los niveles educativos. Entre sus áreas de interés destacan los estudios de género y aspectos psicológicos en el contexto social y educativo.

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Published
2021-09-29
How to Cite
Elizundia Ramírez A. M. y Álvarez Yaulema M. (2021). Discursive construction on femicide in the Ecuadorian press. Estudios sobre el Mensaje Periodístico, 27(4), 1077-1087. https://doi.org/10.5209/esmp.71928
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Vol. 27 No. 4 (2021)
Section
Research and Documents

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