El sensacionalismo y las masculinidades:el rol de los medios en la construcción de la masculinidad, estudio de caso diario Extra

Abstract

This thesis is an analysis related to the sensationalism and masculinities present in the written media, taking as a case of study the newspaper El Extra, of which 12 copies of the entertainment section have been taken. Since nowadays the topics of gender violence or gender within the country have taken relevance in the media. Although, the most recurrent in terms of these issues are violence against women and the struggle for women's equality within society, it would be important to know the perspective in relation to men. The first chapter is a contextualization of the written world-wide, which allows to better understand the exercise of this profession in a general plane, within this chapter is spoken about: the press in Ecuador, the history of the newspaper El Extra. The second chapter covers everything related to gender, patriarchy and how these aspects are developed at a social level, what is the relevance and importance of this topic for the realization of this research. The third chapter performs the respective analysis, after having applied the corresponding methodology that allows us to make relevant findings in this topic, which will be exposed in the final section of conclusions and recommendations.