Opacity in transparency: A decade of photography and political communication in Argentina (1999-2010)

ANA SILVA

Applied Semiotics / Sémiotique appliquée

University of Toronto at Mississauga

Lugar: Mississauga, Canada; Año: 2010 vol. 10 p. 64 - 72

1204-6140

The purpose of this work has been the analysis of the relationship between different types of graphical political discourse and the political scenario over the last ten years in Argentina, while attempting to make a contribution to the study of political discourse in context. The sample of pictures analyzed include several photographs used in campaign advertising (the electoral struggle for the presidency in 1999 and 2007, and that for legislative seats in 2005) and in the political news sections of two of the largest newspapers in Argentina, Clarín and La Nación (1999-2001, 2005 and 2007).