Teorías de la comunicación y metodología

A rádio vive a sua maior crise desde o aparecimento da televisão. A rádio, sobretudo musical, está ameaçada, se continuar a ser e a fazer da mesma maneira. Nesta obra, João Paulo Meneses tenta fazer um diagnóstico da rádio actual, reflectindo sobre aquilo que ela pode ser no curto e médio-prazo. Mas um diagnóstico que pretende abarcar diversas perspectivas, desde as mais teóricas (como as que têm a ver com o conceito) às mais práticas (que podem interessar quem está no negócio).

Populisme, ce terme commence à se vulgariser à travers son emploi excessif par la presse. Vulgarisation qui lui a valu l'affaiblissement conceptuel, mais qui a permis, toutefois, une ouverture éclairante envers l'hétérogénéité constitutive de ce phénomène : désormais, ce n'est plus seulement l'extrême droite, mais ce sont aussi la droite et, de surcroît, l'extrême gauche et la gauche radicale qui pratiquent le populisme. Dorénavant, ce n'est plus seulement dans l'usure de l'expérience démocratique, mais aussi dans son absence qu'il faut le dénicher. Voici une grille d'analyse du phénomène.

El Manual de Investigación Cualitativa constituye un acontecimiento editorial en el ámbito de las ciencias humanas avalado por su gran éxito internacional. El presente volumen, El campo de la investigación cualitativa, despliega un mapa completo de esta técnica, su tradición universitaria, los problemas éticos de su trabajo de campo, su vertiente crítica de análisis de la (in)justicia social, la investigación de los nativos y su resistencia a la dominación neocolonial. La obra en general, incorpora las recientes contribuciones de la ciencia social o la pedagogía críticas, la investigación narrativa, la etnografía online, la historia oral, las comunidades de discapacitados, la teoría queer o la etnografía de la performance. Se trata de un obra coral que proporciona un auténtico "quién es quién" de las ciencias humanas y cuya autoría internacional permite comparar entre los enfoques teóricos europeos y norteamericanos en relación, también, a las voces de autores no occidentales. Allende esta diversidad, los editores y contribuyentes sostienen un enfoque crítico con los efectos sociales de la investigación, comprometidos a abordar las desigualdades con el objetivo de informar las políticas públicas a partir de las luchas sociales para transformar la realidad. Por tanto, el Manual de Investigación Cualitativa no solo define el presente de esta metodología sino que también determina su futuro, constituyendo en una referencia imprescindible para cualquier interesado en la materia, así como un excelente material crítico para todas las bibliotecas públicas y académicas.

"This book is an essential reference for scholars and students from a wide array of fields represented by Latin American and cultural studies. It provides highly authoritative entries on most of the major topics of the day."–Ignacio M. Sánchez Prado, author of Naciones Intelectuales

"This text represents a fantastic resource as well as an excellent pedagogical tool for the diffusion of the main tenets of cultural studies among students and among scholars who are not specialists in Latin American cultural studies."–Ana Del Sarto, coeditor of Latin American Cultural Studies Reader

"A dictionary is a book to ask questions of. Not only what each word means, but also why some are present and others are absent, and how the presences and the absences are connected. Irwin and Szurmuk's Dictionary exhaustively registers the sources and lines of development of the studies of culture in Latin America."–Nestor Garcia Canclini, writing in En torno a los estudios culturales

The Dictionary of Latin American Cultural Studies is a fundamental reference for students, pedagogues, and investigators interested in understanding the terminology of the field.
This comprehensive volume explains and contextualizes fifty-four key terms and theories, including some general concepts in cultural studies (e.g., body, deconstruction, ideology, postmodernism, power, queer theory) as they relate to research in Latin America, and some specific to the field of Latin American studies (e.g., anthropophagy, deterritorialization, lettered city). Each entry defines the term in question, explains its usages, discusses its etymology and the intellectuals who have made relevant contributions, and provides a bibliography of essential sources.
Uniquely suited to the student or scholar struggling with translating cultural studies terminology into non-English language topics of study, originally published in Spanish, and with contributions by many of the field's foremost authorities, this dictionary is poised to become a defining text for Latin American cultural studies.

Robert McKee Irwin, chair of the Cultural Studies Graduate Group and professor of Spanish at the University of California-Davis, is the author of Bandits, Captives, Heroines, and Saints: Cultural Icons of Mexico's Northwest Borderlands. Monica Szurmuk, research professor at the Institute of Latin American Literature at the University of Buenos Aires, is the author of Women in Argentina: Early Travel Narratives.

Son muchos los manuales de metodología que exponen, con mayor o menor detalle, los pasos a seguir para elaborar una investigación en el ámbito de las ciencias sociales. También son varios los títulos que se centran, específicamente, en la investigación en el área de la comunicación y los medios. Una coartada metodológica. Abordajes cualitativos en la investigación en comunicación, medios y audiencias es un libro de metodología, sin duda, pero no es un libro de metodología común, toda vez que no está organizado a modo de listado de recetas a aplicar, pasos a seguir y técnicas a aplicar para obtener conocimientos en torno a algún fenómeno.

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Reseña elaborada por Marta Rizo García, Universidad Autónoma de la Ciudad de México:
http://www.portalcomunicacion.com/monograficos_det.asp?id=204

There have been seismic shifts in what constitutes (the) media in recent years with technological advances ushering in whole new categories of producers, consumers and modes of delivery. This has been reflected in the way media is studied with new theories, concepts and practices coming to the fore. Media Studies: The Basics is the ideal guide to this changing landscape and addresses core questions including:

Who, or what, is the media?
What are the key terms and concepts used in analysing media?
Where have been the impacts of the globalization of media?
How, and by whom, is media made in the 21st century?
Featuring contemporary case studies from around the world, a glossary and suggestions for further reading, this is the ideal introduction to media studies today.

Esta publicação reúne textos apresentados no I Seminário Nacional de Ensino de Jornalismo, evento promovido pelo Programa Nacional de Cooperação Acadêmica (PROCAD), em2110. Aobra é dividida em três blocos, sendo que o primeiro aborda os conceitos teórico-metodológicos do campo jornalístico. A segunda parte é dedicada aos estudos empíricos dos cursos de Jornalismo inseridos na Rede PROCADJOR e, por fim, são apresentados estudos de casos brasileiros, construídos por pesquisadores que não possuem vinculação direta com o Programa.

Designed for the critical media studies curriculum, The Media Studies Reader is an entry point into the major theories and debates that have shaped critical media studies from the 1941s to the present. Combining foundational essays with influential new writings, this collection provides a tool box for understanding old and new media as objects of critical inquiry. It is comprised of over 40 readings that are organized into seven sections representing key concepts and themes covered in an introductory media studies course: culture, technology, representation, industry, identity, audience and citizenship. Critical introductions frame each section to help students place each reading in context and within a broader scholarly dialogue. Rather than relegating the issue of difference to just one section, each section includes scholarship that foregrounds the politics of gender, ethnicity, race, class, sexuality, and geopolitics. Longer readings were selectively edited for conciseness and accessibility, and to maximize breath of coverage. A map of a rapidly growing—and changing—field, The Media Studies Reader is an invaluable resource to students as well as established scholars.

In The Media Ecosystem, Antonio Lopez draws together the seemingly disparate realms of ecology and media studies to present a fresh and provocative interpretation of the current state of the mass media—and its potential future. Lopez explores the connections between media and the environment, arguing that just as the world's powers have seized and exploited the physical territories and natural resources of the earth, so, too, have they colonized the "cultural commons"—the space of ideas that everyone shares. He identifies the root of the problem in the privileging of "mechanistic" thinking over ecological intelligence, which recognizes that people live in a relationship with every other living thing on the planet.

In order to create a more sustainable media ecosystem—just like the preservation of organic ecosystems—we must reconnect our daily media activities to their impact on others and the environment. To become "organic media practitioners," we must become aware of the impact of media use on the environment; recognize media's influence on our perception of time, space, and place; understand media's interdependence with the global economy; be conscious of media's interaction with cultural beliefs; and develop an ethical framework in order to act upon these understandings. Above all, Lopez calls for media producers and consumers alike to bring a sense of ritual and collaboration back to the process of communication, utilizing collective intelligence and supporting a new culture of participation. Containing both wide-reaching analysis and practical tips for more conscious media use, The Media Ecosystem is designed for all those who seek a more sustainable future.

Semiótica de la cultura hace referencia ante todo a la escuela semiótica que se ha desarrollado, principalmente, alrededor de la figura de Yuri M. Lotman. En noviembre de 2110, en Madrid, el GESC (Grupo de Estudio de Semiótica de la Cultura) organizó un congreso internacional para reflexionar sobre la herencia temática y conceptual de esta tradición disciplinaria, comprobando su actualidad y haciéndola dialogar con otras miradas dirigidas a la comprensión y descripción de la cultura. Este volumen, resultado de tres días de debate, contiene tanto contribuciones teóricas como análisis de los más diversos objetos culturales. Los textos, obra de autores de diferentes proveniencias geográficas, están prevalentemente escritos en castellano o italiano; algunos se presentan en francés o inglés.