Análisis de las tendencias y retos a los que los investigadores latinoamericanos se enfrentan durante los procesos de evaluación académica y propuesta para que la International Association for Media and Communication Research sea vista como un canal a través del cual es posible contribuir a la propuesta de políticas en torno a la producción científica.

The aim of this paper is to analyze the state of the investigative journalism in Mexico, especially the one practiced at the local level in the provinces. That is, rather than considering the so-called national press – located in Mexico City - which might not offer an accurate picture of the country as a whole, this study is based upon a case study conducted in Morelia, the capital city of the state of Michoacán. The empirical evidence will show that there is an evident divergence regarding the practice of the investigative journalism: on the one hand, journalists are aware of what this concept involves and they consider that they practice it on a regular basis; but, on the other, the content analysis prove otherwise. In other words, the account of what is actually printed significantly differs from the news workers’ perceptions, because the former shows a poorly developed journalistic investigation practice. Furthermore, this is also the opinion of their sources, who argue that local press lacks of investigative stories and shows an evident “press release dependence”. As a result of this situation, this paper argues that journalism in Morelia is instrumentalized by the political power, which is also a reflection of the Mexican media system. In sum, the Morelia case will demonstrate that the investigative journalism in the provinces of Mexico oscillates between ideals and realities. As a result, reporters show low levels of professionalization

Watching television serves a wide range of purposes ranging from entertainment to information seeking. Human beings require too fulfil certain psychological needs throughout the day; one of them is the need to locate themselves within a larger psycho-social context. This is one of the main reasons behind news in general and television news shows in particular. They assist people in evaluating their environment through visual and verbal information. Television news production follows journalistic criteria which incorporates media agendas fostered by political, financial and also aesthetic values. The study looks at the way television news making in three national networks portrays organized crime stories. By conducting a longitudinal content analysis in four different years (i.e. 1997, 2000, 2009 and 2013) of news stories covering organized crime in Mexico, this work allows to compare over time and across television networks they way crime news are framed on Mexican television. The study finds helps to understand how different social contexts might correlate to the way crime news are located within the news shows and also how different State institutions are related to this issue.

The study of inequalities among youth regarding access, equipment and use of the Internet is an infrequently discussed topic in Mexico. The perspectives that have prevailed distinguish them as the principal users or as through a dichotomous understanding between people with access and those who do not have it. This text presents the partial results of a survey conducted in the state of Aguascalientes, Mexico and gives a description in detail of statistically significant differences of youth between 18 and 29 years of age from four different socioeconomic levels. The findings show inequalities with respect to access and equipment, but mainly between academic, political and financial uses. This distance decreases in the case of social activities and entertainment. The analysis provides data to understand the gaps that begin during this age period and their possible consequences.

This paper addresses how future citizens are being socialized in Mexico, and more specifically, what is the role of family communication and viewing news in shaping civic awareness and political participation. The analyzed data comes from a survey to Mexican children enrolled in the 6th year of elementary school in three cities of the North East of Mexico (n = 1544). The analytical strategy consisted in developing a full structural equation model to test both the validity of the constructs proposed, and the hypothetical relationships among those constructs. Results rein-forced the central role of parents in shaping future citizens, by having an effect on children’s attitudes to political participation. Otherwise, TV news viewing was found as having an effect on children’s civic awareness, but just a weak effect on children’s attitudes to political participation. The paper concludes with a final elaboration regarding theoretical and public policy implications from those findings; more specifically, it offers guidelines for educational interventions that take advantage from the relevance of parents on shaping Mexican future citizens.

Brasil

El artículo Pretende explorar la contribución de los mundos ficticios en la construcción de la transmedialidad de las teleseries. Recupera una definición de la noción y sus características con énfasis en las teleseries. Muestra las aparentes diferencias entre mundos ficticios y narrativa transmedia, para reflexionar sobre el papel de las audiencias como Lector Modelo en este proceso, y sobre las posibilidades de investigación sobre los mundos ficticios y la construcción de la transmedialidad.

Guadalajara

Una revisión en 1988-1989 de la base de datos TESISUNAM, la cual reúne las tesis de un sector importante de la producción total de México, permitió determinar que eran mínimas las tesis que estudiaban algún aspecto comunicativo de los damnificados, o por lo menos, algún aspecto social de los sismos. Lo cual revela la carencia de una forma sistemática de análisis de ese fenómeno y resalta dos aspectos: el predominio de trabajos en torno a cuestiones materiales, y un discurso que enfatiza la dimensión social de los sismos y de los damnificados, pero que no plantea cómo aproximarse a su estudio.

Guadalajara

Esta reflexión del autor parte de que para quienes transitamos por el todavía novel y en muchos casos ninguneado campo de la comunicación, resulta harto frecuente encontrarnos con una serie de "vacíos" de conocimiento cuya solución necesitaría el concurso de especialistas de otras ramas de las ciencias sociales (economistas, psicólogos, antropólogos, lingüistas, historiadores...) resulta habitual que, ante la ausencia de tales estudiosos, los comunicólogos sin esperar autorización decidamos improvisarnos como economistas e historiadores de la comunicación.

Guadalajara

Este documento tiene como objetivo compartir los lineamientos generales de una propuesta metodológica orientada hacia el estudio de la producción de noticias, esto es, al análisis de productos (las noticias) y de procesos a través de los cuales se "manufacturan" dichos productos al interior de las organizaciones de medios.

Guadalajara

A principios de 1993 la Asociación Latinoamericana de Investigadores de la Comunicación lanzó, desde su sede en Guadalajara, una convocatoria para recibir colaboraciones a fin de editar un libro colectivo sobre metodología y técnicas de investigación de la comunicación. Se trataba de comenzar a subsanar una carencia importante: la virtual inexistencia de guías metodológicas, de utilidad tanto para estudiantes del área que comienzan una tesis como para investigadores que, o son nuevos, o se inician en alguno de los "subcampos" de nuestra amplia y compleja inter-disciplina, para proceder a realizar investigaciones concretas, puntuales. El libro es el resultado de tales colaboraciones.