Bringing Down the Scaremongers

Venezuelan Diaspora as a Dog Whistle in Colombia's 2022 Presidential Election

Bibliographic Data

ID3817639
AuthorsÁngel Emiro Páez Moreno (0000-0002-0924-3506, University of Boyaca), Jairo Lugo‐ocando (University of Sharjah UAE), Jairo Lugo-Ocando (0000-0002-9533-2088, University of Sharjah), Viviana Garzón (0000-0002-0052-2007, Universidad de Boyacá Colombia)
Year2024
Volume43
Issue1
Pages46-59
Publication date2024-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueBulletin of Latin American Research (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0261-3050 • E-ISSN: 1470-9856
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/blar.13540
OpenAlexW4390777164
LanguageEN
References cited52

This article examines how the Venezuelan diaspora has been portrayed in the media during the Colombian presidential election of 2022 and how it has influenced voters' preferences there. It examines presidential debates and conversations on X (formerly Twitter), as well as traditional legacy media and digital natives' media material. The authors used a population-based sample of 17,372 articles on the 2022 elections to analyse data from a stratified sample. Our findings point to a potential socio-political turning point away from the social imaginary that had been equating Venezuelan realities with leftist ideologies in Colombia and other parts of Latin America

Diaspora · Ideology · Latin Americans · Left-wing politics · Media studies · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Population · Presidential election · Presidential system · Social media · Sociology · The Imaginary · Cultural and political discourse analysis · Demography · Law · Populism, Right-Wing Movements · Social Media and Politics

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