La información sobre migrantes, y la opinión pública, en la red social Facebook del diario La Hora

Abstract

The purpose of this research is to determine whether the information about migrants and public opinion in Facebook social network of “Diario La Hora”, in Ambato, is aimed at xenophobia. This research will be carried out specifically based on the news titled “Begging to come back to Venezuela”, issued by the media. Initially, a content analysis was carried out about the reactions, comments and shares in Facebook, where a high number of users refer apathetically to Venezuelan migrants, by using a certain negative lexicon. Therefore, a quantitative methodology of the content analysis was applied for obtaining data, by the Web, in order to reinforce the research. The results show, from the comments, users’ expressions who state their feelings and emotions towards Venezuelan migrants, who join Ecuador because of economic and political factors.