Spectacular ‘nationism’ in modern Colombia

Mediating commitment to the military option

Bibliographic Data

ID12904634
AuthorsGregory J Lobo (0000-0002-3475-9360, Universidad de los Andes, corresponding author)
Year2016
Volume10
Issue3
Pages261-272
Publication date2016-12-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueMedia War & Conflict (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1750-6352 • E-ISSN: 1750-6360
PublisherSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/1750635216681418
OpenAlexW2770527539
LanguageEN
References cited14

This article analyzes three commercials, part of the ‘Heroes in Colombia really do exist’ media campaign commissioned in 2004 as the country’s armed forces pursued the military option against leftist guerrillas. The author uses qualitative media content analysis, grounding his reading and interpretation of the commercials in a representation of their symbolic and historical environment, and he argues specifically that the commercials were/are spectacular vehicles of what he calls ‘nationism’ (not nationalism). The article thus contributes to our understanding of how meaning was mediated in the attempt to produce commitment to the military option in Colombia during the first decade of the 21st century

Advertising · Business · Epistemology · Interpretation (philosophy · Left-wing politics · Linguistics · Meaning (existential · Media studies · Nationalism · Political science · Reading (process · Representation (politics · Sociology · Cultural and political discourse analysis · History · History and International Relations · International Relations in Latin America · Law · Philosophy

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