Ideological Perception of the Social Actors of Violence in the Pages of Events

This article analyzes, from triadic conceptual model, ideological perception that media production attributed to the social actors of violence in the pages of events. The study is based on the sociocognitive approach to van Dijk. It analyzes 92 news texts published in two regional newspapers Venezuelan: Panorama and La Verdad. The results reveal that: a) the news tend to emphasize positive information of We, conceived as potentials victims of violent crime, and highlight the negative aspects of They, labeled as deviants and antagonists; b) the sociocognitive context picks ideological perception of violent crime published in the pages of events; and c) the newspapers promote subtle discursive practices of social inequality.