The recent rise of social protest in Latin America has con-tradicted the hypotheses that predicted neoliberal reforms would weaken social movements in the region. In this re-spect, the Chilean student movement is paradigmatic ...

News discourse is one of the most influential media genres (Van Dijk, 1995; Richardson, 2007; Talbot, 2007) and its apparent objectivity and neutrality has been rejected by many authors (Fowler, 1991; Fairclough, 1995 and ...

News discourse is one of the most influential media genres (Van Dijk, 1995; Richardson, 2007; Talbot, 2007) and its apparent objectivity and neutrality has been rejected by many authors (Fowler, 1991; Fairclough, 1995 and ...

This article seeks to analyse the mass protests that ecloded in the main cities in Brazil in June 2013 - the so-called June Journeys -, event which represented an inflection moment in the country's recent political history ...

Political and economic protests build-up due to the financial uncertainty and inequality spreading throughout the world. In 2019, Latin America took the main stage in a wave of protests. While the social side of protests ...

In February 2018, the National Campaign for Legal, Safe and Free Abortion held a massive protest in front of the Argentinian Congress, and a few days later, President Mauricio Macri decided to allow legislative discussion ...

Considering the relationship between new social media and youth political actions, the purpose of this article is to describe the use of Facebook during the 2011 Chilean student movement, through a content and textual ...