The media construction of the unions in the strike against the 2018 fiscal plan in Costa Rica

Abstract

This article analyzes the media construction of the unions, during the strike against the Fiscal Plan, discussed and approved in Costa Rica, during the second half of 2018. In particular, the media construction of the union figure is studied, through from the national newspaper La Nación. For this, the headlines and the mechanisms of representation of the mobilized and non-mobilized actors in journalistic publications are analyzed.