Mediatized solidarity, governmental support and metacommunicational narratives

The War on Gaza in leftist Latin American media

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ID12913306
AuthorsLázaro M Bacallao-Pino (0000-0003-2506-1988, University of Chile, corresponding author)
Year2014
Volume7
Issue2
Pages113-126
Publication date2014-09-01
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Arab & Muslim Media Research (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1751-9411 • E-ISSN: 1751-942X
PublisherIntellect (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1386/jammr.7.2-3.113_1
OpenAlexW2776948551
LanguageEN
Citations received1

This article aims to analyse the media discourses about the War on Gaza, a relevant topic in the case of public media associated with self-proclaimed left governments. The study encompasses three cases of public Latin American media: (1) Granma, the official journal of the Cuban Communist Party; (2) Telesur, a pan-Latin American television network headquartered in Caracas; and (3) Andes, a news agency created by the Ecuadorian government. Three main themes were analysed: (1) the construction of the good/bad narrative tension; (2) the representations of solidarity and governmental positions; and (3) the media discourses on (other) media discourses about the war. The findings indicate that, in the case of public media linked to these kinds of left-wing governments, the narratives regarding the war are in line with the official positions, underlining its readings on the tension between good and bad sides, reporting its statements and using a metacommunicational discourse as part of their argumentative strategy

Agency (philosophy · Alternative media · Government (linguistics · Latin Americans · Left-wing politics · Literature · Media studies · Narrative · Political science · Politics · Social science · Sociology · Solidarity · Cultural and political discourse analysis · Gender Studies · Law · Social Media and Politics

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