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Contemporary discourses on violence in Central American newspapers
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Abstract It is commonly understood that criminal violence has superseded political violence in Central America. Focusing on the social construction of violent realities in Costa Rica, El Salvador and Nicaragua, the authors describe the print media landscape in Central America and examine both the quality of ... view more
It is commonly understood that criminal violence has superseded political violence in Central America. Focusing on the social construction of violent realities in Costa Rica, El Salvador and Nicaragua, the authors describe the print media landscape in Central America and examine both the quality of leading newspapers and the main clusters of topics constituting the news discourse on violence. The analysis of the macro-structure of topic management in Central American newspapers allows a differentiation of the `talk of crime': it is more heterogeneous than often thought. There are signs that the problem of juvenile delinquency is emerging as the centre of a cross-country discourse on `ordinary violence'. On the other hand, the talk of crime is centred around a few topic clusters, with sexual violence and border-related discourse on violence being of key importance. Finally, the article points to a heterogeneous array of discourse events that is connected to political developments and power relations.... view less
Keywords
Central America; Costa Rica; El Salvador; Nicaragua; reporting; print media; newspaper; discourse analysis; violence; criminality; adolescent; political violence
Classification
Media Contents, Content Analysis
Print Media
Social Problems
Document language
English
Publication Year
2009
Page/Pages
p. 243-261
Journal
The International Communication Gazette, 71 (2009) 4
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1177/1748048509102180
ISSN
1748-0493
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed
Licence
Deposit Licence - No Redistribution, No Modifications
With the permission of the rights owner, this publication is under open access due to a (DFG-/German Research Foundation-funded) national or Alliance license.