Análisis del discurso periodístico en medios web sobre el recorte al presupuesto de universidades públicas del Ecuador. Caso de estudio: El Comercio

Abstract

In the following article we analyze the journalistic discourse on the budget cut to the Public Universities of Ecuador, since we think it is important for people to understand and understand the type of journalism that is being handled in the country. We also want to know the intentions of the government and the media in question to publish this type of news in the context of the crisis that Ecuador is going through. In the present work we address the role of discourse analysis of a popular media with a history in Quito-Ecuador of more than 100 years, for the year 2019 in the month of May this newspaper began to follow the news about the budget cut to the 32 universities nationwide in Ecuador news that occurred in a context of health emergency by the Covid-19 virus worldwide. The methodology of the following article was worked from small summaries by means of each lead of all the news as well as each main idea published by the same media, giving us a context at a general level about the budget cut. In conclusion the newspaper "El Comercio" during the coverage of the budget cut to the country's universities seeks to make the public understand that the decision taken by the government of Lenín Moreno was the right one.