ResumenA partir de un análisis temático inductivo, este artículo explora la visión ciudadana sobre la esfera pú blica expresada en las cartas de los lectores de los diarios El Tiempo y El Heraldo de Colombia. Los re sultados muestran cómo la identidad colectiva de los lectores apareció en forma transversal en las cartas, para dar cuenta de una comunidad de adultos que se autodefine como "colombianos de bien". El análi sis reveló dos unidades de significado: posturas sobre la administración de lo público y antagonismos en la esfera pública, centrada en el conflicto político con las guerrillas. A través de estas se pudieron hacer visibles los llamamientos vívidos de los lectores al gobierno, funcionarios públicos, actores al margen de la ley y a sus compatriotas, para movilizarse para exigir cambios sociales largamente esperados. Palabras clave: género epistolar, prensa, ciudadanía, esfera pública, Colombia.The epistolary genre in the press as a citizen´s vision of the public sphere in Colombia AbstractThrough an inductive thematic analysis, this article explores the citizen´s vision of the public sphere ex pressed in the letters to the editor of the newspapers El Tiempo and El Heraldo of Colombia. Results show the collective identity of readers appearing transversely in the letters, to account for an adult community that defines itself as "good Colombians". The analysis revealed two units of meaning: the first one, po sitions about public institutions, and the second one, antagonisms in the public sphere, focusing on the political conflict with the guerrillas. Through these it was possible to make visible the public´s plea for action to the government, to public officials, to actors outside the law and fellow citizens to become mo bilized to demand for much needed social changes.
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