Ad hominem: narrative representation of the official enemy after 30S in Ecuador

DOI: https://doi.org/10.31207/rch.v11i1.234
Keywords: media lynching, Rafael Correa, Ecuador, political enemy, populism, personalism, 30S, collusive communication, framing

Abstract

The upcoming year 2020 marks a decade of the tragedy resulted from the police riot of September 30, 2010.  As reported by the Ministry of Health, that day were 10 deaths nationwide. Shortly after the recovery of the constitutional order, the representative powers tried to get a political benefit from what happened. In this academic article I will explore the development of the image built by the ruling party around the political opposition to the government of Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa Delgado after the police riot of September 30, 2010 in the city of Quito. I will answer in which discursive record is categorized those accuse of being responsible of the events and how the regime used this discourse to generate a media response that later turned into harassment, imprisonment and political persecution.

To achieve this objective I will use the immediate discourse of the Ecuadorian regime; I will study President Rafael Correa's first speech after being rescued (2010-09-30), and the press conference that followed these statements (2010-09-30); I will analyze the weekly Government streaming "Enlaces ciudadanos" (citizen links) no. 190 (2010-10-02) and no. 191 (2010-10-09) in addition to an interview granted to the “A solas” (Alone) program of Russia Today (2010-10-20) dedicated exclusively to the treatment of the experience of September 30, 2010.

 

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Author Biography

Gabriel Hidalgo Andrade, University of the Hemispheres

Constitutionalist and political scientist. Research masters at the Universidad Andina Simón Bolívar and the Latin American Faculty of Social Sciences. Specialized studies in political communication at the Complutense University of Madrid and a master's degree in Human Rights at the University of Los Hemisferios. Doctoral studies in the Area of Political Science and Administration of the University of Salamanca. Professor at the University of the Americas and at the International University of Ecuador. Press columnist, analyst and political adviser.

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Published
27-04-2020
How to Cite
Hidalgo Andrade, G. (2020). Ad hominem: narrative representation of the official enemy after 30S in Ecuador. ComHumanitas: Scientific Journal of Communication, 11(1), 149-165. https://doi.org/10.31207/rch.v11i1.234
Issue
Vol 11 No 1 (2020): Communication, (dis) illusions and (dis) affections
Section
Artículos de reflexión

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