Análisis de contenido cualitativo de la prensa guayaquileña en torno a la cobertura de los hechos que llevaron a cabo la revolución del 28 de Mayo de 1944 “La Gloriosa”.

Abstract

Historically, since their existence, the media have developed a significant role in influencing public opinion. This dynamic between the media and its audience generates some effects, which, to a higher or lower scale, bring consequences; some of them are very subtle and may go unnoticed, although, in other cases, the outcome defines a moment in history. The purpose of this investigation seeks, through the analysis of the publications of local newspapers in Guayaquil, to demonstrate the participation of the press as a social and political actor during May 1944, the month in which the plans to destabilize the government of Carlos Alberto Arroyo del Río were carried out and gave rise to the Revolution known as "La Gloriosa" and later to the second Velasquismo. Publications of Diario El Universo and El Telégrafo during May 1944 were reviewed in order to establish a rigorous method of selection of variables that allowed the identification of behaviors and positions of the media towards the officialdom and the opposition. These results were then presented to different experts in history and political communication for the triangulation of results. This investigation will allow us to know the agenda of the local media in relation to this "Revolution" and which other social and political actors had a voice during the historical event.