News framing in the Argentine media. Analysis of the ENTEL privatization

This paper is an analysis of media treatment of the privatization of the Empresa Nacional de Telecomunicaciones (ENTEL) [ National Telecommunications Company], by the Argentine printing press, based on the theory of framing. This research is focused on the information published by five national newspapers (Ambito Financiero, Clarin, Cronica, La Nacion and Pagina/12). The period under study is August-October 1990, coinciding with the last stage of the State-run telephone company, before their transfer to two private consortia, Telefonica de Argentina and Telecom Argentina.