Mario Fergnani
Biographic Data
| ID | 140639 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Mario Fergnani |
| GIVEN NAMES | Mario |
| FAMILY NAME | Fergnani |
| SIGNATURE | FERGNANI M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Alberto Hurtado University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-8067-611X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 8 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 9 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
The (failed) construction of a far-right actor: Mexico's FRENAA and its media representations
The decisive electoral victory of Claudia Sheinbaum in 2024 allowed her to assume the presidency of the country. With her, the Fourth Transformation— the period inaugurated by Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) that aligns with the independence, reform, and revolution movements of the 19th and 20th centuries—continues. Thus, the right-wing discourses that have emerged in countries like Brazil, Argentina, and Chile do not seem to affect Mexico’s p…
From anti-feminism to male appropriation: Media intellectuals’ reactions to the feminist revolt in Chile (2018)
Fighting for the Future: From Societalisation to Politicisation of Chile’s Dominga Mining Project
This article examines the Dominga mining project in Chile as a paradigmatic case of how large-scale industrial projects can escalate from technical disputes into societal crises of moral significance, becoming vehicles for political struggle. Dominga, a proposed iron ore and port megaproject in La Higuera, Coquimbo, has generated over two decades of public controversy. Promising investment and jobs while threatening severe environmental damage, p…
De la existencia crítica a la excepción crítica: Usos de la vulnerabilidad en la esfera pública en Chile
A partir de un enfoque crítico del estudio de la vulnerabilidad, este artículo analiza el discurso en la esfera pública en Chile en contexto de excepción (crisis sociopolítica y sanitaria). Estudiamos una muestra de textos publicados en medios de prensa digitales entre los años 2020 y 2022. Analizamos el depliegue de un relato técnico-político que, si bien permitió una apertura, sin precedentes desde la dictadura, a modelos más proteccionistas de…
From Complicit Journalism to Militant Journalism: Politicians as media critics and strategic news users in contested political scenarios
In this article we identify how critical discourses about the media and journalists are articulated on social media by political actors. We also analyze how such expressions of media criticism coexist with other strategic uses of news content in politicians’ social media repertoires. The argument is based on a qualitative analysis of media-related Twitter posts (N=2062), from the 50 most active politicians’ Twitter accounts in the month following…
The Cultural Battle for the Chilean Model: Intellectual Elites in Times of Politicisation (2010-17)
The Chilean economic model has been widely studied both as a pioneering experiment in neoliberal policies and in regard to the growing social mobilisation against inequalities it has provoked. Insufficient attention has been paid, however, to the role of intellectuals in justifying and criticising the model. This article examines cultural battles over the economic model among the country's main columnists between 2010 and 2017, analysing debates …
‘Supertanker is a Hero, the Government a Villain’: Politicization of Chile’s 2017 Forest Fires in the Media
This article analyses the politicization of natural disasters in the media and the narratives of crisis that contribute to these dynamics. In particular, it studies media coverage of the 2017 mega-fires in Chile and the way in which this coverage was framed by pre-existing political disputes over the performance of Michelle Bachelet’s government (2014–2018). It examines the print press coverage of the mega-fires, and the framing contests used to …
Journalistic knowledge production during a social crisis: How journalists claimed professional authority during the Chilean social uprising
In this paper we problematize protest coverage as an epistemological challenge for journalists, based on the case of the 2019 social uprising in Chile, in which the authority of professional journalists as narrators of events was questioned by audiences. The study aims at identifying the main dimensions of news production that become altered in an extended social crisis, as well as the main repertoires of practice and justifications deployed from…
Mapeo de la situación actual de los centros de detención y tortura en el centro cívico de Santiago de Chile: Tras las huellas del olvido de los espacios de violencia
Tomando en cuenta los escasos lugares de memoria existentes en Chile, esta investigación busca contribuir a rescatar del olvido los centros clandestinos de detención y/o tortura situados en el centro cívico de la ciudad de Santiago, y utilizados durante los años de la dictadura militar (1973-1990). A partir de visitas a los ex centros de detención y tortura, junto con un registro fotográfico, se realizó un análisis de las fachadas de estos espaci…
The Cultural Battle for the Chilean Model: Intellectual Elites in Times of Politicisation (2010-17)
The Chilean economic model has been widely studied both as a pioneering experiment in neoliberal policies and in regard to the growing social mobilisation against inequalities it has provoked. Insufficient attention has been paid, however, to the role of intellectuals in justifying and criticising the model. This article examines cultural battles over the economic model among the country's main columnists between 2010 and 2017, analysing debates …
Journalistic knowledge production during a social crisis: How journalists claimed professional authority during the Chilean social uprising
In this paper we problematize protest coverage as an epistemological challenge for journalists, based on the case of the 2019 social uprising in Chile, in which the authority of professional journalists as narrators of events was questioned by audiences. The study aims at identifying the main dimensions of news production that become altered in an extended social crisis, as well as the main repertoires of practice and justifications deployed from…
Mapeo de la situación actual de los centros de detención y tortura en el centro cívico de Santiago de Chile: Tras las huellas del olvido de los espacios de violencia
Tomando en cuenta los escasos lugares de memoria existentes en Chile, esta investigación busca contribuir a rescatar del olvido los centros clandestinos de detención y/o tortura situados en el centro cívico de la ciudad de Santiago, y utilizados durante los años de la dictadura militar (1973-1990). A partir de visitas a los ex centros de detención y tortura, junto con un registro fotográfico, se realizó un análisis de las fachadas de estos espaci…
‘Supertanker is a Hero, the Government a Villain’: Politicization of Chile’s 2017 Forest Fires in the Media
This article analyses the politicization of natural disasters in the media and the narratives of crisis that contribute to these dynamics. In particular, it studies media coverage of the 2017 mega-fires in Chile and the way in which this coverage was framed by pre-existing political disputes over the performance of Michelle Bachelet’s government (2014–2018). It examines the print press coverage of the mega-fires, and the framing contests used to …
Journalistic knowledge production during a social crisis: How journalists claimed professional authority during the Chilean social uprising
In this paper we problematize protest coverage as an epistemological challenge for journalists, based on the case of the 2019 social uprising in Chile, in which the authority of professional journalists as narrators of events was questioned by audiences. The study aims at identifying the main dimensions of news production that become altered in an extended social crisis, as well as the main repertoires of practice and justifications deployed from…
The Cultural Battle for the Chilean Model: Intellectual Elites in Times of Politicisation (2010-17)
The Chilean economic model has been widely studied both as a pioneering experiment in neoliberal policies and in regard to the growing social mobilisation against inequalities it has provoked. Insufficient attention has been paid, however, to the role of intellectuals in justifying and criticising the model. This article examines cultural battles over the economic model among the country's main columnists between 2010 and 2017, analysing debates …
From Complicit Journalism to Militant Journalism: Politicians as media critics and strategic news users in contested political scenarios
In this article we identify how critical discourses about the media and journalists are articulated on social media by political actors. We also analyze how such expressions of media criticism coexist with other strategic uses of news content in politicians’ social media repertoires. The argument is based on a qualitative analysis of media-related Twitter posts (N=2062), from the 50 most active politicians’ Twitter accounts in the month following…
De la existencia crítica a la excepción crítica: Usos de la vulnerabilidad en la esfera pública en Chile
A partir de un enfoque crítico del estudio de la vulnerabilidad, este artículo analiza el discurso en la esfera pública en Chile en contexto de excepción (crisis sociopolítica y sanitaria). Estudiamos una muestra de textos publicados en medios de prensa digitales entre los años 2020 y 2022. Analizamos el depliegue de un relato técnico-político que, si bien permitió una apertura, sin precedentes desde la dictadura, a modelos más proteccionistas de…
The (failed) construction of a far-right actor: Mexico's FRENAA and its media representations
The decisive electoral victory of Claudia Sheinbaum in 2024 allowed her to assume the presidency of the country. With her, the Fourth Transformation— the period inaugurated by Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) that aligns with the independence, reform, and revolution movements of the 19th and 20th centuries—continues. Thus, the right-wing discourses that have emerged in countries like Brazil, Argentina, and Chile do not seem to affect Mexico’s p…
From anti-feminism to male appropriation: Media intellectuals’ reactions to the feminist revolt in Chile (2018)
Fighting for the Future: From Societalisation to Politicisation of Chile’s Dominga Mining Project
This article examines the Dominga mining project in Chile as a paradigmatic case of how large-scale industrial projects can escalate from technical disputes into societal crises of moral significance, becoming vehicles for political struggle. Dominga, a proposed iron ore and port megaproject in La Higuera, Coquimbo, has generated over two decades of public controversy. Promising investment and jobs while threatening severe environmental damage, p…
Politics (6 works) · Political science (5 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Law (3 works) · Media studies (3 works) · Narrative (3 works) · Political and Social Dynamics in Chile and Latin America (3 works) · Art (2 works) · Battle (2 works) · History (2 works)