The Possibilities of the Journalism as Peacebuilding in the Periphery

The current dissertation has a main goal the analysis of the representations of the Colombian Conflict in the Colombian and International qualitative independent opinion articles, and their impact on the readers conflict understanding. In Colombia there are independent journalists, but according to this research they are victims of the polarization and for this reason they are promoting the war, although it is not their intention. Nevertheless, it was proved that it is possible to redirect the Colombian journalism into journalism pro-peace with the help of the international qualitative media. For the present research were chosen three Colombian media, where independent journalists write: El Tiempo, El Espectador and Cromos; and from the international media were chosen: BBC News (Online version), The New York Times Group, The Washington Post and The Economist. In all the cases were selected opinion articles because they offer analysis and are very free of being critical. Additionally, it was performed an experiment in order to measure the impact of each kind of articles on the readers.