América Latina en la prensa escrita española: un análisis geopolítico de las Cumbres Iberoamericanas celebradas en España

Abstract

The media are a privileged source in the study of popular geopolitical discourses. The research object of this paper is to analyze the contents of three Spanish newspapers (ABC, El País and La Vanguardia) in their media coverage of the Ibero-American Summits held in Spain (1992, 2005 and 2012). Indeed, the main objective is to highlight the construction of images and narrative representations related to the relations between Spain and Latin American countries through the scrutiny of its pages. The critical approaches of the geopolitical discipline and the methodologies dedicated to framing in political communication constitute the framework. The research proves the interactions between the different geographical scales (state, regional and global) which intefere in the dynamics of the international scene and, simultaneously, the role of the media to strengthen or displace political discussions in the public sphere.