Biblioteca Digital de VanguardiaAntagonism and Dissent: Tensions and Limits within the Media’s Construction of Politics in Venezuela
Politics in Venezuela have always revolved around a conflict between two opposing poles. With the election of Hugo Chavez in 1998 and the coup d’état that followed in 2002, this characteristic was redefined and deeply accentuated. Antagonism has cemented a strong popular identity in Venezuela, in wh...
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Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales, Sede Ecuador
2013
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| author | Sibrian, Nairbis Millones Espinosa, Mario |
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| description | Politics in Venezuela have always revolved around a conflict between two opposing poles. With the election of Hugo Chavez in 1998 and the coup d’état that followed in 2002, this characteristic was redefined and deeply accentuated. Antagonism has cemented a strong popular identity in Venezuela, in which a clear difference is marked between “them” (the people) and “we” (the enemies of the people). This tendency has gained momentum during electoral processes and is especially evidenced in the media, which is where antagonism was construed as an agreement to obliterate other voices and nullify dissent as a political form. This article analyzes the limits within this political construction, which can be tracked down through the discourses emitted by the Venezuelan state-owned television. |
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| spelling | iconos-article-522024-04-23T17:43:08Z Antagonism and Dissent: Tensions and Limits within the Media’s Construction of Politics in Venezuela Antagonismo y disenso: tensiones y límites en la construcción mediática de la política en Venezuela Sibrian, Nairbis Millones Espinosa, Mario Antagonismo Disenso Política Medios de comunicación Venezuela Antagonism Dissent Politics Mass media Antagonism dissent politics media Venezuela Politics in Venezuela have always revolved around a conflict between two opposing poles. With the election of Hugo Chavez in 1998 and the coup d’état that followed in 2002, this characteristic was redefined and deeply accentuated. Antagonism has cemented a strong popular identity in Venezuela, in which a clear difference is marked between “them” (the people) and “we” (the enemies of the people). This tendency has gained momentum during electoral processes and is especially evidenced in the media, which is where antagonism was construed as an agreement to obliterate other voices and nullify dissent as a political form. This article analyzes the limits within this political construction, which can be tracked down through the discourses emitted by the Venezuelan state-owned television. En Venezuela, la constitución de la política se ha centrado históricamente en el conflicto entre dos polos opuestos. Con la llegada de Hugo Chávez a la Presidencia de la República en el año 1998 –y el posterior golpe de Estado en 2002– esta característica es redefinida para acentuarse mucho más. Dicho antagonismo ha consolidado una fuerte identidad popular, la cual ha marcado una clara diferencia entre un “nosotros” (el pueblo) y un “ellos” (enemigos del pueblo). Esta tendencia se ha reafirmado durante los procesos electorales, siendo en los dispositivos mediáticos donde se ha evidenciado con mayor énfasis y donde este antagonismo se ha construido como consenso a costa de la invisibilización de otras voces o la anulación del disenso como forma política. De ahí que este artículo analice los límites de esta forma de construcción de la política, cuyo rastro se sigue a través de los discursos de la televisora estatal venezolana. Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales, Sede Ecuador 2013-05-01 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Artículo evaluado por pares application/pdf https://iconos.flacsoandes.edu.ec/index.php/iconos/article/view/52 10.17141/iconos.46.2013.52 Íconos - Revista de Ciencias Sociales; Núm. 46 (2013): Dossier: Medios, populismo y poder; 49-65 Íconos - Revista de Ciencias Sociales; n. 46 (2013): Dossier: Medios, populismo y poder; 49-65 Íconos. Revista de Ciencias Sociales; No. 46 (2013): Dossier: Mass media, populism and power ; 49-65 1390-8065 1390-1249 spa https://iconos.flacsoandes.edu.ec/index.php/iconos/article/view/52/50 Derechos de autor 2013 Nairbis Sibrian, Mario Millones Espinosa https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/3.0/deed.es_ES |
| spellingShingle | Sibrian, Nairbis Millones Espinosa, Mario Antagonism and Dissent: Tensions and Limits within the Media’s Construction of Politics in Venezuela |
| title | Antagonism and Dissent: Tensions and Limits within the Media’s Construction of Politics in Venezuela |
| title_full | Antagonism and Dissent: Tensions and Limits within the Media’s Construction of Politics in Venezuela |
| title_fullStr | Antagonism and Dissent: Tensions and Limits within the Media’s Construction of Politics in Venezuela |
| title_full_unstemmed | Antagonism and Dissent: Tensions and Limits within the Media’s Construction of Politics in Venezuela |
| title_short | Antagonism and Dissent: Tensions and Limits within the Media’s Construction of Politics in Venezuela |
| title_sort | antagonism and dissent: tensions and limits within the media’s construction of politics in venezuela |
| url | https://iconos.flacsoandes.edu.ec/index.php/iconos/article/view/52 |