Impacto del COVID-19 en el periodismo latinoamericano: entre la precariedad laboral y las secuela... more Impacto del COVID-19 en el periodismo latinoamericano: entre la precariedad laboral y las secuelas psicológicas COVID-19 Impact on Latin American Journalism: Between job insecurity and psychological consequences Impacto do Covid-19 no jornalismo latino-americano: entre insegurança no trabalho e consequências psicológicas
Revista Latinoamericana comunicación chasqui, Dec 31, 2016
La evaluación de la investigación universitaria en España The evaluation of university research i... more La evaluación de la investigación universitaria en España The evaluation of university research in Spain A avaliação da pesquisa universitária em Espanha
This book has a long story. More than we expected, for sure. However, we believe it was worth it.... more This book has a long story. More than we expected, for sure. However, we believe it was worth it. The book originated from the encounters which, within the context of the annual conferences of IAMCR 3 , have taken place between Latin Americans and Europeans, in which we include our respective communication researchers' associations: Latin American Communication Association Researchers Association (ALAIC) and European Communication Research and Education Association (ECREA). A workgroup was formed to boost joint actions and cooperation between both associations. Among the most noticeable results of such cooperation are the joint panels in several international encounters, the boost for the ALAIC's Summer School from the European experience, and this book. The idea came from one of those joint panels, where a "map" of the main traditions or currents of thought was presented alongside with an action that has crossed the communication area in Latin America 4. It was a possible, open-to-discussion map, that also showed ties to currents originated in other places of the world. Hence, for instance, and in general, functionalist traditions have had a greater development in North America, critical traditions in Europe and post-colonials in Asia, and in the meantime alternative currents are strong in Latin America, and the culturalists find roots in Europe and Latin America. Most recently, feminisms, firstly with a greater presence in Europe and North America, have strengthened in Latin America in what concerns social sciences in general and communication specifically. However, all of
This study describes some relevant but neglected issues in measuring freedom of information. A qu... more This study describes some relevant but neglected issues in measuring freedom of information. A questionnaire was administrated to 36 international experts. Then we conducted 18 in-depth interviews with some experts to evaluate relevant issues that emerged from the questionnaire. We find that ideological, theoretical, and financial issues affect the three most important instruments for measuring freedom of information: the Freedom of the Press Index by Freedom House, the World Press Freedom Index by Reporters Without Borders, and the Media Sustainability Index by the International Research and Exchange Board. The study constitutes a preliminary step for future research to address these issues and improve the instruments.
O artigo analisa os principais desafios metodológicos colocados pelos dois indicadores mais impor... more O artigo analisa os principais desafios metodológicos colocados pelos dois indicadores mais importantes para medir a liberdade de imprensa no mundo. Freedom House (FH) e Repórteres Sem Fronteiras (RSF) tornaram-se referência para estudos que vão além da liberdade de imprensa, e sua importância nos obriga a analisar os aspetos metodológicos que determinam essas metodologias e que são omitidos. Os resultados deste estudo, ao analisar-se a avaliação dos países latino-americanos nos índices RSF e FH, nos permitem determinar que esses instrumentos apresentam graves deficiências metodológicas que, embora se tenham tentado corrigir, continuam a ser fonte de inúmeras controvérsias, como a ausência de mecanismos de proteção dos jornalistas em seus instrumentos de medição.
The article analyses the main methodological challenges of the two most important indicators in m... more The article analyses the main methodological challenges of the two most important indicators in measuring freedom of the press around the world. Freedom House (FH) and Reporters Without Borders (RWB) have become references for studies that go beyond freedom of the press and their importance forces us to analyze what the methodological aspects are that determined these methodologies and which are omitted. The results of this study make it possible to determine that the indicators of Reporters Without Borders and Freedom House present serious methodological deficiencies that, although they have tried to correct, continue to be the source of numerous controversies, such as the absence of mechanisms to protect journalists in their measurement instruments.
Chasqui. Revista Latinoamericana de Comunicación, 2016
El presente artículo analiza el actual duopolio de las empresas que gestionan los rankings de las... more El presente artículo analiza el actual duopolio de las empresas que gestionan los rankings de las publicaciones y cómo esta dinámica afecta a la Universidad pública en general y al sistema de acreditación del profesorado investigador en España. La reflexión crítica sobre las causas y consecuencias de este modelo de evaluación no neutral evidencia colisiones entre los imaginarios políticos y académicos que promueven una hegemonía de las ciencias sobre las ciencias sociales, así como lógicas geoestratégicas que hiperrepresentan la literatura científica en lengua inglesa y la propensión hacia aspectos cuantitativistas en la tendencia editorial global.
Since the 1970s, several international organizations have increased their interest in creating in... more Since the 1970s, several international organizations have increased their interest in creating instruments to measure reality. In the field of communication, various nonprofit organizations such as Freedom House, Reporters Without Borders and IREX, generated indicators. In 2008 the Intergovernmental Council of the International Program for the Development of Communication (IPDC) approved Media Development Indicators (MDI); Framework for assessing the development of social media at its 26 th meeting (26 th-28 th March, 2008). Citizen participation and access to information were consolidated as essential instruments for democratic discourse. The main objective of this article is to critically analyze MDI, paying particular attention to these two aspects: citizen participation and access to information. In order to achieve this, a multi-method design (Cresswell, 2014) has been applied, which is divided into several successive phases so that the methodology chosen may be compatible with the complex nature of the object of study. The first phase has been an extensive literature review; the second phase was in the form of a questionnaire put to a panel of experts who participated in the definition, implementation and critical analysis of the indicators. Finally, a series of in-depth interviews were arranged to further explore the findings. At the end of this process, we have found a contrast between the statements of values that appear in the UNESCO document, and the obscure practices and political pressure from state members to hinder the correct development of citizen participation and access to information.
Neste artigo pretende-se debater os Indicadores de Gênero para a Mídia (GSIM) publicado pela UNES... more Neste artigo pretende-se debater os Indicadores de Gênero para a Mídia (GSIM) publicado pela UNESCO em 2012, por meio de um pluralismo metodológico acumulativo que busca analisar criticamente os indicadores junto com o uso da categoria gênero e as questões de poder em relação à mulher.
Presentación y metodología de la investigación. En esta investigación se han analizado cuatro cas... more Presentación y metodología de la investigación. En esta investigación se han analizado cuatro casos de procesos de cambio social en América Latina, prestando especial atención a la relación entre medios, democracia y poder. Se ha elegido una muestra de países que, por sus características específicas, representan distintos modelos de democratización de la comunicación: Bolivia, Argentina, Ecuador y Venezuela. Resultados. Se han observado resultados similares entre los procesos de cambio social vinculados a la comunicación en América Latina, identificando algunas diferencias que tienen que ver con características propias de cada sistema mediático debido a la diversidad de los procesos y las estructuras socioeconómicas. Conclusiones. Los resultados del trabajo ponen de manifiesto un imaginario colectivo basado en la democratización de la comunicación y el reto de la consecución de una verdadera pluralidad de voces en los escenarios comunicacionales que favorezca un cambio social a medi...
Impacto del COVID-19 en el periodismo latinoamericano: entre la precariedad laboral y las secuela... more Impacto del COVID-19 en el periodismo latinoamericano: entre la precariedad laboral y las secuelas psicológicas COVID-19 Impact on Latin American Journalism: Between job insecurity and psychological consequences Impacto do Covid-19 no jornalismo latino-americano: entre insegurança no trabalho e consequências psicológicas
Revista Latinoamericana comunicación chasqui, Dec 31, 2016
La evaluación de la investigación universitaria en España The evaluation of university research i... more La evaluación de la investigación universitaria en España The evaluation of university research in Spain A avaliação da pesquisa universitária em Espanha
This book has a long story. More than we expected, for sure. However, we believe it was worth it.... more This book has a long story. More than we expected, for sure. However, we believe it was worth it. The book originated from the encounters which, within the context of the annual conferences of IAMCR 3 , have taken place between Latin Americans and Europeans, in which we include our respective communication researchers' associations: Latin American Communication Association Researchers Association (ALAIC) and European Communication Research and Education Association (ECREA). A workgroup was formed to boost joint actions and cooperation between both associations. Among the most noticeable results of such cooperation are the joint panels in several international encounters, the boost for the ALAIC's Summer School from the European experience, and this book. The idea came from one of those joint panels, where a "map" of the main traditions or currents of thought was presented alongside with an action that has crossed the communication area in Latin America 4. It was a possible, open-to-discussion map, that also showed ties to currents originated in other places of the world. Hence, for instance, and in general, functionalist traditions have had a greater development in North America, critical traditions in Europe and post-colonials in Asia, and in the meantime alternative currents are strong in Latin America, and the culturalists find roots in Europe and Latin America. Most recently, feminisms, firstly with a greater presence in Europe and North America, have strengthened in Latin America in what concerns social sciences in general and communication specifically. However, all of
This study describes some relevant but neglected issues in measuring freedom of information. A qu... more This study describes some relevant but neglected issues in measuring freedom of information. A questionnaire was administrated to 36 international experts. Then we conducted 18 in-depth interviews with some experts to evaluate relevant issues that emerged from the questionnaire. We find that ideological, theoretical, and financial issues affect the three most important instruments for measuring freedom of information: the Freedom of the Press Index by Freedom House, the World Press Freedom Index by Reporters Without Borders, and the Media Sustainability Index by the International Research and Exchange Board. The study constitutes a preliminary step for future research to address these issues and improve the instruments.
O artigo analisa os principais desafios metodológicos colocados pelos dois indicadores mais impor... more O artigo analisa os principais desafios metodológicos colocados pelos dois indicadores mais importantes para medir a liberdade de imprensa no mundo. Freedom House (FH) e Repórteres Sem Fronteiras (RSF) tornaram-se referência para estudos que vão além da liberdade de imprensa, e sua importância nos obriga a analisar os aspetos metodológicos que determinam essas metodologias e que são omitidos. Os resultados deste estudo, ao analisar-se a avaliação dos países latino-americanos nos índices RSF e FH, nos permitem determinar que esses instrumentos apresentam graves deficiências metodológicas que, embora se tenham tentado corrigir, continuam a ser fonte de inúmeras controvérsias, como a ausência de mecanismos de proteção dos jornalistas em seus instrumentos de medição.
The article analyses the main methodological challenges of the two most important indicators in m... more The article analyses the main methodological challenges of the two most important indicators in measuring freedom of the press around the world. Freedom House (FH) and Reporters Without Borders (RWB) have become references for studies that go beyond freedom of the press and their importance forces us to analyze what the methodological aspects are that determined these methodologies and which are omitted. The results of this study make it possible to determine that the indicators of Reporters Without Borders and Freedom House present serious methodological deficiencies that, although they have tried to correct, continue to be the source of numerous controversies, such as the absence of mechanisms to protect journalists in their measurement instruments.
Chasqui. Revista Latinoamericana de Comunicación, 2016
El presente artículo analiza el actual duopolio de las empresas que gestionan los rankings de las... more El presente artículo analiza el actual duopolio de las empresas que gestionan los rankings de las publicaciones y cómo esta dinámica afecta a la Universidad pública en general y al sistema de acreditación del profesorado investigador en España. La reflexión crítica sobre las causas y consecuencias de este modelo de evaluación no neutral evidencia colisiones entre los imaginarios políticos y académicos que promueven una hegemonía de las ciencias sobre las ciencias sociales, así como lógicas geoestratégicas que hiperrepresentan la literatura científica en lengua inglesa y la propensión hacia aspectos cuantitativistas en la tendencia editorial global.
Since the 1970s, several international organizations have increased their interest in creating in... more Since the 1970s, several international organizations have increased their interest in creating instruments to measure reality. In the field of communication, various nonprofit organizations such as Freedom House, Reporters Without Borders and IREX, generated indicators. In 2008 the Intergovernmental Council of the International Program for the Development of Communication (IPDC) approved Media Development Indicators (MDI); Framework for assessing the development of social media at its 26 th meeting (26 th-28 th March, 2008). Citizen participation and access to information were consolidated as essential instruments for democratic discourse. The main objective of this article is to critically analyze MDI, paying particular attention to these two aspects: citizen participation and access to information. In order to achieve this, a multi-method design (Cresswell, 2014) has been applied, which is divided into several successive phases so that the methodology chosen may be compatible with the complex nature of the object of study. The first phase has been an extensive literature review; the second phase was in the form of a questionnaire put to a panel of experts who participated in the definition, implementation and critical analysis of the indicators. Finally, a series of in-depth interviews were arranged to further explore the findings. At the end of this process, we have found a contrast between the statements of values that appear in the UNESCO document, and the obscure practices and political pressure from state members to hinder the correct development of citizen participation and access to information.
Neste artigo pretende-se debater os Indicadores de Gênero para a Mídia (GSIM) publicado pela UNES... more Neste artigo pretende-se debater os Indicadores de Gênero para a Mídia (GSIM) publicado pela UNESCO em 2012, por meio de um pluralismo metodológico acumulativo que busca analisar criticamente os indicadores junto com o uso da categoria gênero e as questões de poder em relação à mulher.
Presentación y metodología de la investigación. En esta investigación se han analizado cuatro cas... more Presentación y metodología de la investigación. En esta investigación se han analizado cuatro casos de procesos de cambio social en América Latina, prestando especial atención a la relación entre medios, democracia y poder. Se ha elegido una muestra de países que, por sus características específicas, representan distintos modelos de democratización de la comunicación: Bolivia, Argentina, Ecuador y Venezuela. Resultados. Se han observado resultados similares entre los procesos de cambio social vinculados a la comunicación en América Latina, identificando algunas diferencias que tienen que ver con características propias de cada sistema mediático debido a la diversidad de los procesos y las estructuras socioeconómicas. Conclusiones. Los resultados del trabajo ponen de manifiesto un imaginario colectivo basado en la democratización de la comunicación y el reto de la consecución de una verdadera pluralidad de voces en los escenarios comunicacionales que favorezca un cambio social a medi...
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