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The Colombian firm Masglo sells nail polish across much of Latin America. Some of its colors have been marketed through words associated with "slut-shaming" and other misogynistic concepts, which stimulated a 2015 consumer debate on Twitter. We analyze the tweets from those exchanges and relate them to feminism, antifeminism, and the status of women in Colombian society. Our results show that female clients, who were the main participants in the debate, mostly favored the company's strategy. Some nodes highlighted deeply-rooted Colombian gender roles, or reflected on sociocultural status and femininity as political issues. Nail varnishes which suggested associations with feminism, such as "empowered", "diverse," or "human," were practically ignored. The debate changed little: in keeping with the nation's macho culture and commercially-narrow beauty norms, a major Colombian company continues to exploit invidious stereotypes. In future, a cross-class women's solidarity with all of those engaged in the beauty industry must emerge-something that social media directed at consumers cannot provide by itself.

Letters to the editor published by two Colombian newspapers during 1999-2008 were examined. Most addressed themes, domestic politics and the citizens' affairs, were analyzed herein to describe emotions from a qualitative perspective. Findings showed that the internal armed conflict was the main driving force to express the individual's emotions and judgments. Significant events triggering a wide range of emotions were identified. Two units of meaning emerged: patriotism under siege, to account for people's love for the nation regardless of their affliction; and fear, the predominant emotion, to explain public distress caused by this intractable conflict. Being aware of the public's emotional condition questions whether it is worth considering the paradigm of objectivity as an ethical ideal in the journalistic field. It also encourages reporting conflicts through the perspective of peace journalism, emphasizing possible solutions. Since Colombia is currently moving to a post-conflict phase, this could help to heal the social issue.Media scholars worldwide have discussed the significant role of traditional and newer forums for audience participation in constructing and facilitating communal ties between users of different media (Erickson, 2010;Papacharissi and Oliveira, 2012). Public spaces for debate, political activism, and exchange of ideas build strong ties among the public. With the current focus on new media, the literature often refers to imagined communities

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Este artículo analizó la cobertura de la gestión de riesgo de desastres en tres regiones de América Latina para conocer si el cambio de paradigma, de pensar el riesgo como una construcción social en lugar de enfocarse en el desastre, se veía reflejado en las narrativas periodísticas. Mediante un análisis de contenido de 130 noticias se demostró que la redacción presenta vicios como privilegiar fuentes oficiales y comunicados de prensa o contar los hechos sin análisis ni contexto. Se evidenció que el énfasis permanece en el desastre, lo que representa una oportunidad de ejercer un periodismo de prevención, que presente la GRD como un tema transversal en la agenda mediática, alineada con temas del desarrollo como pobreza, corrupción o salud.

A partir de un análisis de contenido realizado a 28 materiales educativos digitales para formar periodistas de Latinoamérica sobre el cubrimiento de la Gestión del Riesgo de Desastres entre 2012 y 2018, el presente artículo pretende establecer si el enfoque de dichos recursos pedagógicos es coherente con los lineamientos de las agencias internacionales para la formación de los reporteros, en el sentido de propiciar una cobertura adecuada del tema. De manera que corresponda al cambio de paradigma de la atención de desastres a la gestión del riesgo, en el cual se busca propiciar el conocimiento de los riesgos, la reducción y el manejo de los desastres. Los resultados del análisis identificaron avances y limitaciones en la construcción de los manuales, tanto en lo que tiene que ver con su pertinencia pedagógica como en la inclusión de temas centrales para la GRD. A partir de los hallazgos se ofrecen reflexiones para que se fortalezcan la formación de los periodistas en la GRD, con el fin de que favorezca una gestión prospectiva del riesgo y fortalezca el desarrollo social.Palabras clave: Gestión del Riesgo de Desastres; Recursos educativos digitales; Periodistas; Formación.This article carried out a content analysis on 28 digital educational materials published between 2012 and 2018, to train Latin American journalists in Disaster Risk Management (DRM). The aim of the study was to establish whether the focus of these pedagogical resources was consistent with the guidelines of the international agencies for the education of the reporters. This, by generating a change in the way they are covering this issue. The main goal of this courses should be that the public journalistic discourse changes their traditional centrality on disasters and their attention to emergencies, as well as to start communicating prevention. The results of the analysis identified progress and limitations in the construction of the resources, both in what concerns their pedagogical relevance and in the inclusion of central themes for DRM. Based on the findings, reflections are offered on how these resources could be improved to fulfill their objective of contributing to a collective mobilization that favors prospective risk management and strengthens social development.

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A partir de un análisis temático, esta investigación exploró la vigencia de la crónica entre los periodistas y las audiencias latinoamericanos, en una época cuando la inmediatez se ha tomado las redacciones.</p><p>El estudio de trece textos del periodista colombiano Ernesto McCausland Sojo permitió identificar una amplia gama de temas y un estilo narrativo alternativo. Los resultados mostraron temas universales, como la vida, la muerte, los triunfos y los fracasos; insertaron al costeño en una realidad rodeada de magia, humor y música, y encontraron rasgos diferenciales en el estilo de las crónicas del autor.</p><p>McCausland fue un periodista multimedia que logró mezclar elementos del cine, la literatura, la poesía, el periodismo y la música en sus relatos y le imprimió nuevos bríos a este género como alternativa de la reportería vertiginosa de la era digital.