Overview
- Discusses the narrativization of events leading to the military government taking power in Argentina
- Analyses a broad range of articles from key contemporary newspapers
- Discusses the notion of discourse in relation to changing public opinion
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Despite the significant scholarly interest in the United States and Europe in the last Argentinean dictatorship (1976-1983), little attention has been paid to the role of Argentinean newspapers in supporting the military coup d’état. The analysis of this media discourse is critical to understanding the support enjoyed by the armed forces in power: the vast majority of the population was not informed about the disappearances or the concentration camps until well into the 1980s. This project provides an in-depth qualitative content analysis of front pages, chronicles, editorials and photographs of Argentinean newspapers before and after the military intervention that will aid scholars of criminal justice and Latin American political regimes understand the impact of the support given to the military government.
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“Media and Crime in Argentina is abound with eye-opening examples of citizens ‘fighting back’ against petty criminals and taking justice into our own hands, becoming the new urban vigilantes of Buenos Aires. Cynthia Fernandez Roich makes a compelling case of the Argentine crime scene of the 1990s where income inequality, hyperinflation and a weak justice system played their part to create the current ‘zero tolerance’ discourse in the media.” (Dr Marivic Wyndham, Senior Lecturer, School of International Studies, Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences, University of Technology Sydney (UTS), Australia)
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Book Title: Media and Crime in Argentina
Book Subtitle: Punitive Discourse During the 1990s
Authors: Cynthia Fernandez Roich
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-349-95251-9
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Law and Criminology, Law and Criminology (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2017
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-349-95250-2Published: 29 August 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-95774-3Published: 12 August 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-1-349-95251-9Published: 10 August 2017
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XV, 248
Number of Illustrations: 25 b/w illustrations, 19 illustrations in colour
Topics: Crime and Society, Organized Crime, Latin American Culture, Media and Communication, Discourse Analysis