A review of Venezuelan migration to Colombia through memes on social media: revanchism and perverse representations

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https://doi.org/10.24265/cian.2020.n12.04

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Imaginaries, Migration, Colombia, Venezuela, Social Networks

Abstract

This article is the result of an investigation that analyzed the incidence of Venezuelan migration in the imaginary that Colombians have of migrants and of themselves, as well as of the current socio-political situation of the two countries, expressed through “memes” that circulate on social networks, which are taken as active scenarios of the political sphere that allow observing the variations in public opinion.

Methodologically, the research was framed within the mixed approach (qualitative-quantitative), based on the analysis of the discourse of a set of memes extracted from Facebook and Twitter, whose preliminary results were contrasted with those of surveys and focus groups directed at Colombian citizens to identify types of imaginaries around Venezuelan migration and its impact on the image that Colombians have of their own reality and of the migrant

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Author Biographies

  • Juan Carlos Córdoba, Universidad Jorge Tadeo Lozano de Bogotá

    Social Communicator of the Jorge Tadeo Lozano University of Bogotá (Colombia). PhD in Communication and Culture of the University of Lisbon (Portugal). He took a master's degree in Communication and Culture at the University Federal of Rio de Janeiro and specialization in Theories of Communication and Image at the Federal University from Ceará (Brazil). University professor, linked to research groups in Colombia, Brazil and Portugal in the topics of urban imaginaries and media violence.

  • Sandra Marcela Lobo Ojeda, Universidad Santo Tomás (Colombia)

    Social communicator and journalist from the Jorge Tadeo Lozano University of Bogotá (Colombia). Master in Information Sciences - Sorbonne II (IFP) Paris (France) and Master in Education from the University Santo Tomás de Bogotá. University teacher for more than 22 years in the area of ​​Culture and Communication. Researcher on topics such as use and appropriation of video games; citizenship and communication; journalistic coverage of prominent socio-political events and incidence of social networks in what is known as post-truth.

  • Álvaro Lizarralde Díaz, Taller Creativo de Comunicación Aleida Sánchez (Colombia)

    Social Communicator-Journalist from the University of La Sabana de Bogotá (Colombia). Master in Hispanic American Literature from the Instituto Caro y Cuervo in Colombia and Master in Social Sciences from ILADES-Pontificia Universidad Gregoriana de Roma (Italy). Teacher for more than two decades in the areas of journalism, literature, discourse analysis, history and Spanish language. Experience in media observation, in topics related to gender violence and the LGBTI sectors. Researcher on citizenship, identity and communication.

  • Alexánder Torres Sanmiguel, Universidad Santo Tomás (Colombia)

    Psychologist from the National University of Colombia. Doctor in Language and Culture from the Pedagogical and Technological University of Colombia, UPTC. Master in Communication from the Pontificia Universidad Javeriana (Colombia). Teacher and researcher on topics such as communication, the media, discourse and culture, and related areas, such as the development of language and the production of subjectivities; communication technologies in the construction of the public; conflict resolution and social change through language and dialogic communication.

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2020-11-23

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No. 12 (2020): Correspondences & analysis N°12 2020 (july - december)

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Córdoba, J. C., Lobo Ojeda, S. M., Lizarralde Díaz, Álvaro, & Torres Sanmiguel, A. (2020). A review of Venezuelan migration to Colombia through memes on social media: revanchism and perverse representations. Correspondences & Analysis, 12, 87-121. https://doi.org/10.24265/cian.2020.n12.04
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