Introduction:

The informative approach of the social conflicts allows to be abreast of the events, through mediatic representations that model symbolic systems of representation that highlight the newsworthy, in this way, they reflect images that affect or imply their comprehension. In this sense, the teachers' strike of 2017 constituted an informative milestone that demands to be analyzed.

Objective:

Determine the information treatment of the main media to the teachers' strike, its news representation and the hegemonized aspects.

Materials and methods:

From a review of the published news about the teaching strike and following an inductive methodology, the published information was categorized, in order to recognize the informative contribution, the type of information and the implicit messages published.

Results:

In the informative treatment, the narrative of the events was privileged, the conjunctural rather than the deepening. The news shows highlighted the scandalous, thus denaturing the essence of the conflict, opting for sensationalism, linking them to violence, anarchy and urban chaos.

Conclusion:

The press when informing suffered from difficulties for the news representation, avoiding a better understanding.

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