In this paper, we investigate the discursive role of referenciation as a discursive activity of introduction of referents. We examine the lexicalization process in the introduction of the referent "Iraq War" in the Brazilian Magazine Veja, working with theories that investigate the role of media in the production and dissemination of symbolic practices. These practices are essential for the construction of our view of the world, especially in the field of international relations. Through the articulation of these studies and the critical discourse analysis developed by van Dijk, we try to understand the discursive role of referenciation in the symbolic practices of the media. We conclude that referenciation is an important object of analysis that reveals the ideological positions of socio-culturally situated subjects and as such is a central element in the construction of our views of social events.
Media; representation; discourse; international relations; referenciation