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The Colombian firm Masglo sells nail polish across much of Latin America. Some of its colors have been marketed through words associated with "slut-shaming" and other misogynistic concepts, which stimulated a 2015 consumer debate on Twitter. We analyze the tweets from those exchanges and relate them to feminism, antifeminism, and the status of women in Colombian society. Our results show that female clients, who were the main participants in the debate, mostly favored the company's strategy. Some nodes highlighted deeply-rooted Colombian gender roles, or reflected on sociocultural status and femininity as political issues. Nail varnishes which suggested associations with feminism, such as "empowered", "diverse," or "human," were practically ignored. The debate changed little: in keeping with the nation's macho culture and commercially-narrow beauty norms, a major Colombian company continues to exploit invidious stereotypes. In future, a cross-class women's solidarity with all of those engaged in the beauty industry must emerge-something that social media directed at consumers cannot provide by itself.

Letters to the editor published by two Colombian newspapers during 1999-2008 were examined. Most addressed themes, domestic politics and the citizens' affairs, were analyzed herein to describe emotions from a qualitative perspective. Findings showed that the internal armed conflict was the main driving force to express the individual's emotions and judgments. Significant events triggering a wide range of emotions were identified. Two units of meaning emerged: patriotism under siege, to account for people's love for the nation regardless of their affliction; and fear, the predominant emotion, to explain public distress caused by this intractable conflict. Being aware of the public's emotional condition questions whether it is worth considering the paradigm of objectivity as an ethical ideal in the journalistic field. It also encourages reporting conflicts through the perspective of peace journalism, emphasizing possible solutions. Since Colombia is currently moving to a post-conflict phase, this could help to heal the social issue.Media scholars worldwide have discussed the significant role of traditional and newer forums for audience participation in constructing and facilitating communal ties between users of different media (Erickson, 2010;Papacharissi and Oliveira, 2012). Public spaces for debate, political activism, and exchange of ideas build strong ties among the public. With the current focus on new media, the literature often refers to imagined communities

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Este artículo analizó la cobertura de la gestión de riesgo de desastres en tres regiones de América Latina para conocer si el cambio de paradigma, de pensar el riesgo como una construcción social en lugar de enfocarse en el desastre, se veía reflejado en las narrativas periodísticas. Mediante un análisis de contenido de 130 noticias se demostró que la redacción presenta vicios como privilegiar fuentes oficiales y comunicados de prensa o contar los hechos sin análisis ni contexto. Se evidenció que el énfasis permanece en el desastre, lo que representa una oportunidad de ejercer un periodismo de prevención, que presente la GRD como un tema transversal en la agenda mediática, alineada con temas del desarrollo como pobreza, corrupción o salud.