The dichotomous presentation of the school space in media discourses

Authors

  • Virginia Sáez Universidad de Buenos Aires

Abstract

This article presents an exploratory study on the dichotomous presentation of the episodes of school violence in the media discourses of Argentina during the period 1993-2011. Given the characteristics of the object of inquiry, the methodological approach was qualitative, while the information was analyzed from the perspective of the socioeducational discourse analysis. Among the results, we observed differences between the representation of the victims and the perpetrators, with the victims being referred from a social closeness that favors identification with their figures, therefore concluding that this dichotomous presentation is a part of a dynamic of social stigmatization.

Keywords:

victim, perpetrator, school, mass media, violence

Author Biography

Virginia Sáez, Universidad de Buenos Aires

Doctora en Educación y Magister en Educación, Pedagogías Críticas y Problemáticas Socioeducativas por la Facultad de Filosofía y Letras (FFyL), Universidad de Buenos Aires (UBA). Becaria posdoctoral del Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET). Desarrolla sus investigaciones en el marco del Programa de Investigación sobre Transformaciones Sociales, Subjetividad y Procesos Educativos. Dir. Carina V. Kaplan. Sede: Instituto de Investigaciones en Ciencias de la Educación (IICE), Facultad de Filosofía y Letras (FFyL), Universidad de Buenos Aires (UBA). Correo electrónico: saezvirginia@hotmail.com