De estereotipos, violencia y sexismo: la construcción de las mujeres en los medios mexicanos y argentinos *

mass communication media are becoming a powerful means of culture production and reproduction since they transmit discourses and ideologies to most part of population through the social representations they insistently present. some of those representations are the ones related to gender, power relations, and violence with women. this article reviews discourses managed by audiovisual, journalistic, and digital communication media in argentina and mexico, by discussing the influence of these media on the creation of ideologies and practices which denigrate women and promote violence against women.