Narrativas excluyentes en el Sur de Europa: un análisis comparativo digital de los discursos sobre la migración en las Islas Canarias y Lampedusa

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  • Carles Vañó-Agulló Centro de Investigaciones Energéticas, Medioambientales y Tecnológicas image/svg+xml

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22325/fes/res.2025.264

Palabras clave:

crisis migratorias, discurso en redes sociales, narrativas excluyentes, Islas Canarias, Lampedusa, retórica antiinmigración

Resumen

Desde el inicio de la pandemia de COVID-19, las autoridades europeas han reforzado los controles fronterizos, lo que ha provocado un desplazamiento de las rutas migratorias hacia los puntos de entrada del sur, en particular las Islas Canarias y Lampedusa. Estas dinámicas han intensificado los debates en torno a la migración, la seguridad y la identidad. En este artículo, analizamos cómo los actores clave utilizan Twitter (actualmente X) para abordar estas crisis migratorias y construir narrativas excluyentes. A partir de un análisis de los discursos difundidos por políticos, medios de comunicación y organizaciones cívicas, identificamos a los actores predominantes, examinamos sus estrategias de encuadre discursivo y comparamos las narrativas resultantes en ambas regiones. Este estudio arroja luz sobre la interacción entre las redes sociales y la opinión pública, proporcionando información sobre cómo las plataformas digitales facilitan la construcción y amplificación de discursos xenófobos y hostiles. Nuestros hallazgos subrayan la necesidad urgente de comprender el papel de los medios digitales en la configuración de narrativas excluyentes y destacan los retos metodológicos derivados del acceso cada vez más restringido a los datos.

Biografía del autor/a

Carles Vañó-Agulló , Centro de Investigaciones Energéticas, Medioambientales y Tecnológicas

Centro de Investigación Socio-Técnica (CISOT) - Centro de Investigaciones Energéticas, Medioambientales y Tecnológicas (CIEMAT), Madrid, España.

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Publicado

2025-05-05

Cómo citar

Vañó-Agulló, C. (2025). Narrativas excluyentes en el Sur de Europa: un análisis comparativo digital de los discursos sobre la migración en las Islas Canarias y Lampedusa. Revista Española De Sociología, 34(2), a264. https://doi.org/10.22325/fes/res.2025.264