Purpose

This paper aims to explore the construction of social imaginaries of fear by the Chilean press regarding student violence during the 1968 university reforming process. Using an approach inspired by the history of emotions, the primary purpose is to analyze the discourse of two relevant conservative newspapers with national circulation about students' mobilization.

Design/methodology/approach

The research rests on the analysis of content in the discourse of the two more representative right-wing Chilean newspapers (El Mercurio and El Diario Ilustrado). Founded in the early years of the 20th century, both had national circulations and were a part of a tradition in the history of the Chilean 20th-century national press. Through the analysis of a selection of editorials and news regarding students' mobilization during 1968, with a focus on the experience of the most prominent institution (Universidad de Chile), this research highlights similarities and differences in the ways that both media endeavoured to elaborate social imaginaries of menace and fear regarding student movements.

Findings

Through the study of the discourse of traditional newspapers, it is possible to identify critical issues concerning the university student movements' purposes to implement breaking (and occasionally violent) methods to carry out the reforms that they promoted, according to the right-wing press. Against this backdrop, the different importance of an anti-communist component is discernible, typical of the Cold War period, in the (political and emotional) arguments of the newspapers under analysis.

Originality/value

This article proposes an interpretation that intertwines a local phenomenon (the reformist movement of the University of Chile) with a global one (the May student revolution of 1968). It also establishes a novel approach by linking, through its approach, yet traditional concepts of social and cultural analysis (the idea of social imaginaries) with a new emphasis on social science and humanities (emotional dimensions).

中文翻译：

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暴力和恐惧的社会想象：智利媒体和 1968 年全球学生运动

目的

本文旨在探讨智利媒体在 1968 年大学改革过程中对学生暴力的社会想象建构。使用受情感历史启发的方法，主要目的是分析两家全国发行的相关保守派报纸关于学生动员的话语。

设计/方法/方法

该研究基于对智利两家更具代表性的右翼报纸（El Mercurio和El Diario Ilustrado）的话语内容的分析。成立于 20 世纪初，两者都有全国发行量，并且是智利 20 世纪国家报刊历史上传统的一部分。通过分析 1968 年有关学生动员的社论和新闻选集，重点关注最著名的机构（智利大学）的经验，本研究强调了两种媒体在努力阐述社会对学生运动的威胁和恐惧的想象。

发现

根据右翼媒体的说法，通过对传统报纸话语的研究，可以确定与大学生运动实施破坏（有时是暴力）方法来实施他们推动的改革的目的有关的关键问题。在这种背景下，反共成分的不同重要性在被分析的报纸的（政治和情感）论据中是明显的，这是冷战时期的典型特征。

原创性/价值

本文提出了一种将地方现象（智利大学的改革运动）与全球现象（1968 年的五月学生革命）交织在一起的解释。它还通过其方法将传统的社会和文化分析概念（社会想象的概念）与对社会科学和人文学科（情感维度）的新强调联系起来，从而建立了一种新颖的方法。