| Sumario: | In Colombia, young university students play a crucial role as political actors in responding ethically to post-agreement challenges. This situation requires addressing how they perceive the armed conflict. Through graphic elucidation and a semi-structured interview, we investigated and analyzed the graphic-social representations of 100 university students from Tolima who did not have a direct relationship with the conflict. The analysis was informed by Jean-Claude Abric's work on the subject (2001), identifying central and peripheral cores of social representations. The most recurrent graphic representations were the following: (a) forced recruitment of children and young people by insurgent groups is the greatest consequence of the conflict; (b) the conflict is a consequence of political interests stemming from social inequalities; and (c) the conflict is a phenomenon dominated by tragedy, drama, and pain, with women and children being the exclusive victims. These representations, however, have been mediatized by hegemonic media narratives that have disseminated biased information and hate speech.
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