Water Gives Life: Framing an Environmental Justice Movement in the Mainstream and Alternative Salvadoran Press
2012; Taylor & Francis; Volume: 6; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1080/17524032.2012.695742
ISSN1752-4040
Autores Tópico(s)Wildlife Conservation and Criminology Analyses
ResumoThis article explores mainstream and alternative press discourses of conflict over metallic mining in El Salvador. Through identifying mainstream and counter-frames, I show how an anti-mining movement achieved a position of short-term prominence within the dominant media discourse surrounding gold mining. However, even when the movement was able to break into the mainstream press, the resulting news coverage reproduced the nation-state's traditional power structure. In contrast, the alternative press challenged the neoliberal economic system, presenting a counter-narrative of community rights and a negligent national government that failed to protect the environment and health of its citizens. In this comparative analysis, I argue that by reframing dominant narratives of economic progress toward community rights and environmental justice, alternative media can act in synergy with environmental justice movements to discursively break a cycle of environmental inequity by collectively reimagining a more sustainable and just future.
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