Legitimacy and violence in information and journalism

• Autor: Pacheco Benites, Alberto
• Formato: artículo
• Fecha de Publicación: 2014
• Institución: Universidad Femenina del Sagrado Corazón
• Repositorio: Revistas - Universidad Femenina del Sagrado Corazón
• Lenguaje: español
• OAI Identifier: oai:revistas.unife.edu.pe:article/1846
• Enlace del recurso: https://revistas.unife.edu.pe/index.php/comunife/article/view/1846
• Nivel de acceso: acceso abierto
• Materia: legitimación de los medios, representación de la violencia, el presente de la información, operación del periodismo.; Legitimacy media, representation of violence, the present of information, operation of journalism.

This text reflects on the current situation of information and the performance of journalism, since they approach to the (re)presentation of the phenomenon of violence and its legitimation in the media. Therefore, three analysis perspectives are set. First, the current context of information practices and the dimensions of the value of information, journalismand legitimation strategies are described. Secondly, the relationships derived from journalistic coverage of violence and its implications (linked to the legitimacy of the phenomenonon a discursive level) are presented. Finally, to conclude two so-called “vices” of  the operation of the information institution, deeply related to the phenomenadescribed above are reviewed.