NCJ Number
131323
Journal
Terrorism Volume: 13 Issue: 4-5 Dated: (July-October 1990) Pages: 311-328
Date Published
1990
Length
18 pages
Annotation
The Argentine press reinterpreted the period of dictatorial military rule (1976-1983) in terms of an interest in the continuity of democratic protections. La Voz del Interior, the newspaper of record in the provincial capital and second largest city of Cordoba, sought to censure, subordinate, and yet reintegrate the military within a democratic institutional ideology.
Abstract
This study uses discourse analysis to characterize 10 elements of a model of coverage of State-sponsored terrorism: (1) perpetrators, (2) victims, (3) target population, (4) violence and violation, (5) motives or intentions of the perpetrators, (6) fear or terror among the populace, (7) outcomes or changes in the target population, (8) news sources, (9) remedies and projects, (10) and probable responses or appropriated uses by readers or the press. In 1985-1986, when the elected government sought to judge and castigate senior junta commanders, La Voz supported establishment continuity by legitimating societal actors, including the military, even though its members were perceived as having violated basic societal values. 16 notes (Author abstract)