Sociología de la comunicación

This first volume of the collected writings of sociologist Leo Lowenthal contains his classic theoretical and historical writings on the relationship of art to mass culture. This book series presents Lowenthal's contributions to a theory of the role of communication in modern society. This volume lays out the basis for a theory of mass culture. Lowenthal demonstrates that the juxtaposition of a "low" mass culture and a "high" esoteric culture did not originate in contemporary industrial, bourgeois society but can be traced back to the Middle Ages and antiquity.

SlutWalk is a study of the global anti-rape movement of the same name, in eight nations which organized marches: Australia, Canada, India, New Zealand, Singapore, South Africa, the UK and the US. It demonstrates the mainstream news' unprecedented support for SlutWalk, suggesting that we may be finally moving away from an era in which feminism is seen as dead, redundant or passé. Yet despite this overwhelming support, mainstream coverage was often shallow, particularly when compared to the feminist blogosphere, which provided sophisticated and nuanced analyses of sexual assault and rape culture. The feminist blogosphere was also a key site for critiquing patriarchal rape myths, and providing 'counter-memories' of the movement. This book examines representations of the movement in mainstream news and feminist blogs, and documents the experiences, routines and strategies of 22 organizers who were involved in the movement between 2111 and 2014. In doing so, it presents a robust and original analysis of modern feminist activism from various angles, and is a must-read for anyone interested in modern feminist protest and campaigns.

Uno de los efectos más evidentes y alarmantes del conflicto armado interno que padece Colombia es el despojo de tierras y el desplazamiento forzado de personas, fenómeno que se ha convertido en objeto de atención creciente por parte de la comunidad internacional debido a que ha dado lugar a una de las poblaciones con mayor número de desplazados del mundo. El desplazamiento de personas en Colombia no es un daño colateral del conflicto, sino un objetivo de quienes participan o se benefician del mismo: el ejército, las guerrillas y los grupos paramilitares, pero también el narcotráfico y los intereses económicos de empresas nacionales y transnacionales, cuyos proyectos agroindustriales y extractivos respaldan el desalojo de tierras. La asistencia y protección de los desplazados y la restitución de sus bienes no solo es un imperativo humanitario, sino un elemento fundamental para una paz sostenible y duradera. Paradójicamente, sin embargo, el actual proceso de paz ha agudizado la situación de riesgo y violencia hacia quienes exigen la protección y restitución de tierras, que son víctimas de amenazas y agresiones de toda clase. En este contexto, la presencia y el apoyo de la cooperación internacional son todavía necesarios para la superación del conflicto armado y la construcción de la paz en Colombia.

The Male Body as Advertisement: Masculinities in Hispanic Media offers a multidisciplinary view of the body of men, of its practices and attributes, of its features, and, most importantly, of its use as a persuasive and expressive resource. Just as it occurred with the female body, the male body has become an object of desire in some instances and an object of expression in others.
This collection of essays represents several developments in the field of communication studies. It is the first time that a study on the body of men in the Hispanic media has been carried out using film, television, internet, billboards, and so forth. This book also equates men to women in the media world. Lacking its own tradition, the male body has followed in the footsteps of the female body. It has been objectified, stylized, and transformed into a weapon of persuasion to reach the modern man.
The Male Body as Advertisement can be useful for students of communication, anthropology, sociology, gender studies, and cultural studies. It will serve graduate students as a bibliographic reference for research on the male body as well as undergraduate students whose programs address issues related to gender studies. This work is also written to reach a wider audience beyond the university.

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¿Qué genera que miles de jóvenes peruanos sean fieles consumidores de películas de la India y de telenovelas coreanas? Los autores Felix Lossio Chávez y María del Carmen Vargas Negrete explican, a través de investigaciones con grupos focales y testimonios, que las industrias culturales son un terreno fertil para el vinculo social.

The impact that First Person Shooter video games have had on the evolution of youth culture over a decade or more has been the focus of attention from political leaders; medical and legal specialists; and the mass media. Much of the discussion concerning these games has focused on the issues of the violence that is depicted in the games and on the perceived psychological and social costs for individuals and society. What is not widely canvassed in the public debate generated by violent video games is the role that military-themed games play in the wider process of militarization. The significance of this genre of gaming for the creation of a militarized variant of youth culture warrants closer interrogation. War/Play critically examines the role that militarized video games such as Call of Duty play in the lives of young people and the impact these games have had on the evolution of youth culture and the broader society. The book examines and critiques the manner in which the habits and social interactions of young people, particularly boys and young men, have been reconfigured through a form of pedagogy embedded within this genre.

With developments in media technologies creating new opportunities and challenges for social movements to emerge and mobilize, this book is a timely and necessary examination of how organized labour and workers movements are engaging with this shifting environment. Based on extensive empirical research into emerging migrant and low-wage workers movements and their media practices, this book takes a critical look at the nature of worker resistance to ever-growing global corporate power in a digital age. Situating trade unionism in historical context, the book considers other forms of worker organizations and unionism, including global unionism, social movement unionism, community unionism, and syndicalist unionism, all of which have become increasingly relevant in a digitized world-system. At a time when the labour movement is said to be in crisis, this book is essential reading for anyone interested in the state of the labour movement, the future of unions, and the possibilities for challenging corporate exploitation of workers today.

From the precocious charms of Shirley Temple to the box-office behemoth Frozen and its two young female leads, Anna and Elsa, the girl has long been a figure of fascination for cinema. The symbol of (imagined) childhood innocence, the site of intrigue and nostalgia for adults, a metaphor for the precarious nature of subjectivity itself, the girl, caught between infancy and adulthood, between objectification and power, speaks to many strands of interest for film studies: feminist questions of cinematic representation of female subjects; historical accounts of shifting images of girls and childhood in the cinema; and philosophical engagements with the possibilities for the subject in film. This collection considers the specificity of girls' experiences and their cinematic articulation through a multicultural feminist lens which cuts across the divides of popular/art-house, Western/non Western, and north/south. Drawing on examples from North and South America, Asia, Africa, and Europe, the contributors bring a new understanding of the global/local nature of girlhood and its relation to contemporary phenomena such as post-feminism, neoliberalism and queer subcultures. Containing work by established and emerging scholars, this volume explodes the narrow post-feminist canon and expands existing geographical, ethnic and historical accounts of cinematic cultures and girlhood.

Este volumen presenta una obra interesante, original y muy necesaria para descubrir la realidad de las mujeres científicas en España, su percepción social y su representación en las informaciones de los más relevantes diarios de la prensa nacional e Internet. Se trata, sin duda, de una importante monografía cimentada en el Proyecto de Investigación para el Fomento de la Igualdad de Género en la Información Científica, financiado por el Instituto de la Mujer y el Fondo Social Europeo. En sus páginas se muestra, de forma categórica, la lamentable falta de visibilidad de las mujeres científicas en nuestro país, además de una serie de importantes consideraciones que abren un sugerente debate sobre el papel que juegan los medios de comunicación en España como agentes de socialización de la ciencia y sus protagonistas.