Production of meaning in media discourse. Intergeneration relations in cases of violence at school

Authors

  • Virginia Saez Universidad de Buenos Aires (UBA)

Keywords:

Media discourse, production of meaning, youth

Abstract

The article presents the media construction of intergenerational relationships in the discursive practices of violence in the school. This is a  synchronous study that analyzes newspaper in Argentina (Clarín, La Nación, El Día y Hoy) and Brazil (O Globo y Folha) between 2011- 2013. The axis for analysis is the place of the adults in the hedges, which are the proposals for intervention mentioned in the stories and how they present children and youth. Among the results we note that prevailing modes of simplistic approach and uniforms which violence in the school as a product of a invasion of social violence, where adults are incompetent to intervene. It is also identified certain family configurations and marginal urban young people as individuals at risk of violence, where the operate adult is questioned. 

Author Biography

Virginia Saez, Universidad de Buenos Aires (UBA)

 

Candidate for Doctor in Education, Universidad de Buenos Aires (UBA). Master in Education, Critical Pedagogy and Socioeducative Issues, Universidad de Buenos Aires (UBA). Scholarship: CONICET. 

Published

2014-11-15

How to Cite

Saez, V. (2014). Production of meaning in media discourse. Intergeneration relations in cases of violence at school. Journal of Research of the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, 1(6), 43-58. Retrieved from //rihumso.unlam.edu.ar/index.php/humanidades/article/view/59

Issue

No. 6 (2014)

Section

Social Communication

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