Abstract

NEIRA, Camila Cárdenas  and  ULLOA, Luis Cárcamo. Informed Students: Counter-information management of young Chileans on Facebook. OBS* [online]. 2017, vol.11, n.4, pp.42lpage=60-. ISSN 1646-5954.

The students' demonstrations that have happened in Chile since 2011 have redefined the way in which technologies are used for political purposes. This raises questions about the way in which youth's participation is modified due to the fact that they have found in the social networks new ways of accessing the traditional media by the counter-informative management of contents associated with the movement. The present case study analyzes the “Estudiantes Informados” (Informed Students) fan page on Facebook, which currently has got more than 190.000 followers between 18 and 24 years old. The investigation uses descriptive statistics and critical discourse analysis, in order to categorize 190 posts written between August and September 2011. The conclusions show that students strategically readjust hegemonic practices, disputing the political resignification. This is explained by establishing frameworks of collective interpretation formulated in four complementary levels: cognitive, discursive, communicative and ideological.

Keywords : Chilean student movement; Facebook; counter-information management; young representations.

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