Estructura y políticas de la comunicación

This book explores different forms of mediated offence in the context of Trump's America, Brexit Britain, and the rise of far-right movements across the globe. In this political landscape, the so-called ‘right to offend’ is often seen as a legitimate weapon against a ‘political correctness gone mad’ that stifles ‘free speech’. Against the backdrop of these current developments, this book aims to generate a productive dialogue among scholars working in a variety of intellectual disciplines, geographical locations and methodological traditions. The contributors share a concern about the complex and ambiguous nature of offence as well as about the different ways in which this so-called ‘negative affect’ comes to matter in our everyday and socio-political lives. Through a series of instructive case studies of recent media provocations, the authors illustrate how being offended is more than an individual feeling and is, instead, closely tied to political structures and power relations.

The introduction to the edited volume Communication and Discourse Theory aims to reflect on the interaction between discourse theory and the study of media and communication, as well as the Brussels Discourse Theory Group’s contribution to it. The chapter starts with a summary of the main tenets of Laclau and Mouffe’s discourse theory, and touches upon its methodological/analytical translation in discourse-theoretical analysis (DTA). The next main part of the chapter discusses how discourse theory has been put to use for the analysis of communication and media, distinguishing four thematic areas: (1) communication, rhetoric, and media strategies; (2) discourses in media organizations; (3) media identities, practices, and institutions; and (4) media and agonistic democracy. In the next part, two areas that are currently being developed in the group, and have thus far remained under-developed, are singled out theoretically as well as empirically, from a discourse-theoretical perspective. This includes the relation between the discursive and the material, and the relation between media, communication, and audiences. Finally, the chapter provides a short overview of the other chapters in this book.

En este manual, especialmente indicado para docentes y alumnos sobre la materia, se expone de manera muy directa y visual el régimen jurídico de los servicios audiovisuales en España, incluyendo el comentario y análisis de casos y supuestos prácticos.

Inspired by Strunk & White's The Elements of Style, this elegant, short reference is the perfect guide for screenwriters and creative artists looking to succeed as industry professionals. Readers will quickly understand the laws that govern creativity, idea-making, and selling, and learn how to protect themselves and their works from the legal quagmires they may encounter. Written by an unrivaled pair of experts, John L. Geiger and Howard Suber, who use real-life case studies to cover topics such as clearance, contracts, collaboration, and infringement, Creativity and Copyright is poised to become an indispensable resource for beginners and experts alike.

El sistema neoliberal, incluida hoy su variante más ultraderechista, siempre se ha explicado en función de factores políticos, económicos y sociales diversos. Sin embargo, ¿cuál es el papel de los medios de comunicación masiva?, ¿son simples relatores de la actualidad o juegan un rol determinante y protagonista en ese fortalecimiento del sistema?, ¿existe diversidad ideológica entre los medios de comunicación masiva o es un espejismo interesadamente alimentado?, ¿cuál es la relación entre medios y élites?

Además de tratar de responder a las preguntas anteriores, este libro hace un repaso a los principales oligopolios de la comunicación: empezando por EE UU para posteriormente pasar por el Estado español y concluir en América Latina. Analiza también el relevante papel de oposición política que estos han jugado en los últimos años en contra de los procesos de transformación y gobiernos de izquierda que se han dado en el continente americano.

La segunda parte reflexiona sobre la existencia de otra comunicación alternativa, indígena, feminista o comunitaria. Esa otra forma de construir el relato para y desde las bases populares de la sociedad, al lado de los movimientos sociales que trabajan para transformar ese sistema neoliberal dominante y construir sociedades verdaderamente más justas y democráticas para las grandes mayorías.