Mediatized solidarity, governmental support and metacommunicational narratives: The War on Gaza in leftist Latin American media. (1st September 2014)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Bacallao-Pino, Lázaro M.
• Is Part Of: Journal of Arab & Muslim media research. Volume 7:Number 2/3(2014)
• Page Start: 113
• Page End: 126
• Publication Date: 2014-09-01
• Subjects: Mass media -- Periodicals; Mass media -- Arab countries -- Periodicals; Communication -- Arab countries -- Periodicals; Islam -- Periodicals; 302.23089927
• DOI: 10.1386/jammr.7.2-3.113_1
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1751-9411

Abstract

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.