EN It is not me, it's you:  Discourses of (dis)trust in Chilean Congresspeople

Claudia Labarca; Ingrid Bachmann; Constanza  Mujica

doi:10.5354/0719-1529.2025.76432

No eres tú, soy yo: Discursos de (des) confianza en el Congreso chileno.

Autores/as

Claudia Labarca Universidad Católica de Chile https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7788-4516
Ingrid Bachmann Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2805-5148
Constanza Mujica Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8003-1576

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Resumen

La confianza institucional ha disminuido en América Latina en la última década. Investigaciones han explicado esta crisis desde una perspectiva socio-política, utilizando variables como la satisfacción con los servicios públicos, actitudes generales o características sociodemográficas. Este estudio, sin embargo, analiza el problema desde la perspectiva de los propios incumbentes. Tomamos como estudio de caso al Congreso chileno, que ha sufrido una de las peores crisis de confianza en el continente. Basado en 15 entrevistas en profundidad con diputados y senadores, se explora la articulación de los principales discursos de los miembros del Congreso respecto a las causas y dinámicas de la crisis de confianza institucional. Los hallazgos muestran que los políticos minimizan la magnitud de una crisis que consideran no es su responsabilidad resolver. En cambio, condenan, a los medios de comunicación por la cobertura injusta que, según ellos, ha deteriorado la opinión pública sobre los miembros del Congreso.

Biografía del autor/a

Claudia Labarca, Universidad Católica de Chile

PhD in International Relations, Durham University, UK. Associate Professor and Director of the Department of Advertising and Strategic Communication at the School of Communications of the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile. She specializes in the role of trust in organizations.

Ingrid Bachmann, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

(Ph.D. in Journalism, University of Texas at Austin) is an Associate Professor in the School of Communications at Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile and director director of the Millennium Nucleus on Digital Inequalities and Opportunities (NUDOS).

Constanza Mujica, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

(PhD in Literature, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile) is an Associate Professor in the School of Communications at Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. Her research studies audiovisual production and consumption with emphasis on knowledge about public events.

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