Environment, climate change and circulating discourses in Chile

Abstract

Through a qualitative and Critical Discourse Analysis of three Chilean newspapers and the discursive context in which they are being distributed, an examination has been undertaken of how issues, which according to scientific findings are directly linked to environmental problems and/or climate change, have been addressed, or not addressed, within this medium. The results of the analysis reveal the ideological significance of “the absent”, as well as the way by which the commodification-process operating within this medium creates a certain order of discourse.