Análisis de contenido sobre los migrantes venezolanos en la prensa escrita "El Extra"

Abstract

This research refers to the content analysis on the Venezuelan migration, given that in about two years, this phenomenon has increased in all Latin America. Furthermore, none printed communication media has explored the information which displays migrants as the main characters. The purpose of this research is to investigate parting from this femicide case, what press says about Venezuelan migrants, and what the media’s stance is towards immigration; keeping in mind that they are content replicators and generate impact on public opinion. For the development of this article, 24 editions of “Extra” newspaper have been analyzed; these describe the events of Venezuelan migrant Yordis Lozada, who was the perpetrator of a case legally categorized as femicide in Ibarra, Ecuador. During the process a methodology focused on content analysis of mixed features has been performed, this method was applied through the count of the most used words in printed press about the individual involved; then the results interpretation was carried out. As an outcome of this, it was stated that this media relies on Diffusionism; and even though it is a sensationalist media that covered the immigration topic, it did not incite to xenophobia. Besides, it is worth saying that it is the top-selling and most well-known of its type in the country.