El tratamiento de la noticia del asesinato de un gendarme en la entrada de un barrio pobre del conurbano bonaerense, se convirtió en una ocasión propicia para que los medios masivos de comunicación pongan en escena la figura mediática del joven (varón) de sectores populares asociado a la violencia y al delito. Figura estereotipada que aparece como natural y esencializada, esta construcción social condensa tres problemáticas diferentes entre sí: «inseguridad», «violencia en los jóvenes» y «delito», que constituyen fenómenos distintos, con causas diferentes y que requieren intervenciones particulares sobre cada uno de ellos. En este artículo se analiza la manera en que los medios (particularmente, los gráficos) trataron la noticia, para poner en evidencia ciertos procedimientos enunciativos presentes de forma recurrente en las narrativas en las que los jóvenes de sectores populares aparecen como cara indiscutible de la «inseguridad» y la violencia urbana, contrastando a su vez este tratamiento con los resultados de nuestro trabajo etnográfico en el mismo barrio. Reconstruir estos procedimientos permite desandar el camino de la naturalización para dar cuenta críticamente de uno de los mecanismos más importantes de construcción social del sentimiento de inseguridad y de sus consecuencias en el tratamiento de la cuestión juvenil.

P risons in Argentina are typically depicted as negative spaces of reclusion and social control characterized by appalling conditions and by the violence that state workers exercise on the bodies of detainees-characteristics altogether at odds with the notion that these institutions are mechanisms of social rehabilitation. 1 Yet prisons are also enmeshed in affective economies with complex ties to the nation as an imagined community. 2 Prisons and their inmates are targets of fear and retribution, just as they are evidence of failed social inclusion. With the dramatic increase in the number of women in federal prisons over the past two decades, Argentina has grappled with the sticky emotions of fear and rejection associated with imprisoned mothers and the intricate challenges posed by the incarceration of their children, who have committed no crimes. With the growing presence of migrant women in the prison population, the state also crafts punitive regimes that position these "other" mothers in an ambivalent relation to the gendered national collective. By connecting the sociology of emotion with the sociology of power relations, we analyze the penitentiary system as a multifaceted affective economy that produces and sustains boundaries of difference grounded in race, nationality, and gender through the regulation of mothering.Sara Ahmed ð2004Þ conceives affective economies as collective spaces in which emotions circulate without inhabiting any particular object, body, or sign. In the absence of any clearly identifiable source or goal, emotions can bind certain individuals to particular collectives ðusÞ by insinuating that others ðthemÞ provoke specific feelings such as anger or fear through their very nature or behavior. Structuring sentiments of belonging while demar-2 Benedict Anderson ð1991Þ understands nations as systems of representations through which people are able to imagine a shared experience of identification with an extended community.We would like to thank the Centro de Estudios Legales y Sociales for allowing us to use the materials originally gathered during our research on the living conditions of women in federal prisons. We are also grateful for the helpful comments and suggestions of the two anonymous referees who read this article and the commitment of the Signs editorial team.1 See CELS ð2005Þ, Daroqui et al. ð2006Þ, PPN ð2008Þ, and DGN ð2009, 2010Þ.

artículo es parte de los resultados parciales de la investigación doctoral en curso "Los 'chicos de la calle' y las nuevaasra su inclusión social: interacciones, articulaciones y conflictos". Esta investigación cuenta con el

The discussion on sexual violence gained momentum in October 2017 after the Twitter hashtag (#metoo) spread globally highlighting the widespread reality of this problem. While this resulted in extensive media coverage, and naturally informed audiences about societal issues, it can also be problematic regarding the media’s power to reflect and construct reality. Therefore, it is important to research how societal issues like sexual violence are discussed in media settings. The study aimed to investigate how journalists frame sexual violence in the news (RQ1) and whether such practices have changed in the wake of the MeToo movement (RQ2). A quantitative content analysis was conducted for news articles published in four US newspapers, spanning a period of 2 years – from 1 year before to 1 year after the #metoo tweet ( N = 612; Oct. 2016 – Oct. 2018). Results indicate that news coverage on sexual violence shifted from straightforward, single-incident reports to broader discussions. This study contributes to scientific research and journalism practices by providing an overarching view of how sexual violence is framed in the news and the potential impact of social movements on reportage.

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