Argumentative Discourse on Politics in the Media: Yesterday and Today

In this publication we focus on the study of the discourse of opinion texts in two different historical moments and media. Based on the theoretical postulation of critical discourse analysis, we address the strategies used by different authors to argue about political figures and political parties. Firstly, the objects of study were opinion articles in political current affairs magazines, and secondly, vignettes published on Instagram. The study of argumentation in the discourse on politics in the media allows us to identify not only the differences in discursive defenses, but also the possible argumentative shortcomings and the repeated difficulties in achieving consensus strength. Here the proposal was to make reflective readings on certain media proposals, which are useful as tools for critical reading comprehension.