Media representation of october, 2019 social outbreak in chile

Abstract

This article attempts to reward readers with insights into the media representation of the first week of October, 2019 social outbreak in Chile in the national mainstream press. We have chosen to focus on the printed media since it plays an important role in shaping public opinions as well as setting agendas regarding certain topics. The study stands on the premises taken from Critical Discourse Analysis and Corpus Linguistics, and concentrates on the verbal signification in the headlines. Results of the study show that in the context of news media discourse on October social outbreak, its representation is guided by the ideological and political standpoints of the medium, leaving behind the main aim of the media to cover diversity and promote pluralism in society.