Mediatization and sociopolitical crisis in Peru. Imaginaries and practices of social actors; [Midiatização e crise sociopolítica no Peru. Imaginários e práticas de atores sociais]

Quispe-Mamani E.; Bravo H.P.; Collanqui P.A.; Gebera O.T. · Cuadernos.info (2023) · DOI: 10.7764/cdi.56.58445

Resumen

The article analyzes the ideas and practices of social actors in the context of mediatization and sociopolitical crisis in Peru. The study is based on a qualitative approach, whose method is grounded theory; semi-structured/in-depth interviews were conducted with 24 key informants in four regions of the macro-south of Peru, as well as a documentary analysis; qualitative data were processed using Atlas.ti v.22 software. As a result, itis highlightedthatthe media builds symbolic power in the actors’socialimaginary in accordance withpoliticalandeconomic power, whichis reflectedin the degeneration and crisis of political parties, disenchantment, and citizen apathy regarding politics, leading to a sociopolitical crisis. It is concluded that, in a political-media system, with government intervention in the media and the instrumentalization of journalists, the mediatization of politics increases, with the resulting polarization and ideological radicalization, and civic education configures in the instituting/radical imaginary of the actors to rebuild the nation-State that produces a diverse, plural, and inclusive community of destiny.

Instituciones: Universidad Nacional de San Agustín de Arequipa; Universidad Nacional del Altiplano; Universidad Nacional Intercultural de Quillabamba