Análisis Crítico de la Representación Discursiva de la Mujer Migrante Venezolana en los Medios de Comunicación Digitales del Perú.

Amanda Elene La Scalea Branger; Vanessa Courleander

doi:10.58479/cu.2024.159

Authors

Amanda Elene La Scalea Branger Universidad Metropolitana de Caracas (Venezuela)
Vanessa Courleander Universidad Metropolitana de Caracas (Venezuela)

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.58479/cu.2024.159

Keywords:

Venezuelan female migration, digital media, discursive representation, Valuation Theory, Critical Discourse Analysis

Abstract

The present research aimed to critically analyze the discursive representation of Venezuelan migrant women in Peru's digital media. The theoretical and methodological foundations adopted were the attitude system of Martin and White's (2005) Appraisal Theory and van Dijk's (2016) Critical Discourse Analysis. An analytical methodology was employed, with a qualitative and documentary design. A corpus composed of fifteen (15) news articles from three Peruvian digital media outlets (La República, Trome, and Perú 21) was analyzed. These articles referenced Venezuelan migrant women and were published between 2019 and 2023, a period during which the country experienced the highest influx of Venezuelan migrants (Inter-Agency Coordination Platform for Refugees and Migrants from Venezuela, 2023). Taking into account the different perspectives and ideologies of each newspaper, three major semantic nodes were identified. In the case of La República, the most common discursive representation constructed was that of the woman as a vulnerable victim. Trome, on the other hand, portrayed them as sensual and forbidden beings. Meanwhile, Perú 21 constructed a representation of them as aggressive and dangerous victimizes. Based on these findings, it was concluded that Peru's digital media discursively represent Venezuelan migrant women in a negative light, focusing on judging, discrediting, and dehumanizing them.

Author Biography

Vanessa Courleander, Universidad Metropolitana de Caracas (Venezuela)

Professor Vanessa Courleander Hidalgo holds a Bachelor's Degree in Modern Languages (2004) from Universidad Metropolitana, with a Concentration in Translation. She earned a Master’s Degree in Discourse Studies (2010) from the Central University of Venezuela and, more recently, a Specialization in Learning, Technology, and Knowledge (2023) from Universidad Metropolitana. She has completed studies and obtained certifications in Legal Translation (2016) and in Teaching English as a Foreign Language (2005), also from Universidad Metropolitana. She served as editorial assistant for the Revista Latinoamericana de Estudios del Discurso (Latin American Journal of Discourse Studies) from 2008 to 2010, working alongside its founder, Dr. Adriana Bolívar. She has participated in numerous academic and scientific events focused on education, translation, linguistics, discourse, and communication (2006–2022). She has been a member of the Latin American Association of Discourse Studies since 2007 and served as Regional Delegate for Venezuela from 2011 to 2013. Additionally, she won first place in the Master’s Thesis Competition held by the Venezuelan Delegation of the Latin American Association of Discourse Studies (2010). She also served as a postgraduate professor in the Master’s Program in Teaching English as a Foreign Language at the Faculty of Humanities and Education of the Central University of Venezuela, teaching subjects related to discourse and sociolinguistics (2013–2015). She joined Universidad Metropolitana as a Junior Professor after completing her undergraduate studies, where she has taken on various roles as a faculty member in the areas of English learning, grammar, discourse, translation, linguistics, morphosyntax, phonetics, and phonology for the Modern Languages program. She has also coordinated academic areas such as English, linguistics, culture, and second foreign languages. Moreover, she has supervised several research projects in the areas of discourse studies, linguistics, English phonology, and the development of teaching materials for courses in the Modern Languages undergraduate program at Universidad Metropolitana.