Frames of venezuelan migration: an analysis of the information framing in the digital media El Tiempo (Colombia) and El Comercio (Ecuador)

Luis Eduardo Ynciarte

• Luis Eduardo Ynciarte Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales, Sede Ecuador

Keywords: News frames, venezuelan migration, digital media, El Tiempo, El Comercio, agenda setting, framing.

Abstract

This research presents an analysis of the news generated by the main
digital media El Tiempo (Colombia) and El Comercio (Ecuador) during
2019 regarding the migration of Venezuelans, under the argument that
the media influence perception of their receivers. This study focuses on
communication theories: (1) agenda setting, which explains how media
selects and prioritizes daily news and (2) framing that points out how
media approaches the information. A content analysis is established
with 881 units taken from the sites eltiempo.com (435) and elcomercio.
com (446). Finally, it is evident that (1) there is a marked trend in the
coverage of information that is oriented to the use of official sources (2)
the contents disseminated focus on reporting issues such as the migratory
flow and cases of social conflict, crime or death where negatively frames
Venezuelan migration.