Comunicación y Sociedad

Artificial lighting as a media: seventeenth century oil lamps in Amsterdam and Haarlem

José Luis Espejo Díaz — 2024-06-26

This paper analyzes artificial lighting as a means of changing human perception. It presents oil lamps used in Haarlem for domestic lighting and in Amsterdam for urban lighting in the seventeenth century. The theoretical framework is media archaeology. The methodology used is qualitative archaeological, involving the analysis of different sources including texts, images, archival documents and archaeological remains.

Circular Communication Network Pattern (CCNP) Strategy and Triangular Communication Network Pattern (TCNP) to Reduce Political Conflict in North Button, Indonesia

La Ode Muhamad Umran — 2024-06-19

This study aims to compare the effectiveness of the Circular Communication Network
Pattern Strategy (ccnp) and the Triangle Communication Network Pattern (tcnp) in
reducing political conflicts in North Button Regency, Indonesia. Qualitative methods are
used with data collection through observation, in-depth methods, documentation, and
focus group discussion. The results showed that the implementation of both strategies
through negotiations, intergroup meetings, and joint activities succeeded in reducing
political conflicts by decreasing demonstrations. In conclusion, this strategy provides an
effective alternative to the resolution of socio-political, economic, religious, tribal, and
cultural conflicts in the region.

Internet intermediaries’ regulation. Analysis of the Latin American Governance Forums (2018-2021)

Ana Bizberge — 2024-05-20

This article analyzes Internet intermediaries’ regulation in the Latin American Governance Forums between 2018-2021 with the approach of public policy in communications. The topics, actors and their position on human rights and freedom of expression are examined based on the review of videos and reports of the forums. The article concludes that the human rights approach shifts from freedom of expression to privacy. The paper aims to make a contribution to the understanding of the emerging debates on Internet regulation in the region.

The Humanizando la deportación digital archive: participatory storytelling as a technopolitical space

Salvador Leetoy — 2024-05-14

This article analyzes the case of the digital archive of Humanizando la deportación as a technopolitical space based on the production of participatory documentaries. We explore how the experiences of deported people expose the cruelty of structural and institutional violence on migration and generate situated knowledge for a qualitative understanding of this matter. We discuss how participatory documentary actively produces agency of subaltern voices. We conclude that this platform is constituted as a technopolitical space against the grain of the official discourse on migration.

Journalists facing media monitoring: an analysis from field theory

Frida V. Rodelo — 2024-05-08

Experiences of media monitoring are not usually accompanied by inquiries about the way in which journalists consume and interpret these projects. This study fills that gap by focusing on the subjectivity of journalists working in monitored media. The study, based on Bourdieu's field theory, revealed positions regarding monitoring classified into two poles (conserving the field and subverting the field) structured around the accumulation of capital. Knowing the internal dynamics of the journalistic field allowed us to understand its degree of openness to change.

From Journalism to Communication. The initial stage of communication training in Argentina from a case study (Cordoba)

María del Carmen Cabezas — 2024-04-24

In the 1960s, there was an increase in the offering of undergraduate Journalism programs in Argentina. A unique case during that time was the Escuela de Ciencias de la Información (School of Information Sciences) at the National University of Cordoba, due to the fact that it was planned without going through a Journalism training stage. This article is a preliminary advancement of a research aiming to study the beginnings of communication research in Argentina, focusing on the case of Cordoba. It can be concluded that training and knowledge production are linked to contextual political and social conditions.

Animal Welfare on Instagram: Trends and Public Discourse of Uruguayan Eco-Influencers

Victoria Gómez Márquez — 2024-04-17

Multimodal discourse analysis was conducted on a sample of 200 Instagram posts, wherein 17 Uruguayan eco-influencers engaged with the evolving discourse surrounding animal welfare over the course of one year of social media activity. The study identified a predominant discourse of protectionism advocating for the conservation of wild animals, coupled with a notable emphasis on consumer action. Thus, the findings contribute to the understanding of the terms in which new influential voices in new digital contexts express themselves about these topics.

Expression of masculine identities on Facebook and TikTok: The case of De Machos a Hombres and Voices of Brotherhood

Gabriel Pérez Salazar — 2024-02-15

The central objective of this paper is to identify, through a content analysis, the way in which male identity traits are expressed in the publications of two Mexican profiles on Facebook and on TikTok. The main results show that, in the case of positive masculinities, this occurs mainly from statements about physical and mental self-care and participatory paternity. In the conclusions, it stands out that there is a need to propose new measurement scales of masculinities that adjust to changing cultural conditions.

World cinema in the Spanish international festivals and movie theatres (2016-2021)

Jaime López-Díez — 2024-03-13

In this study, we analyze the films in the world cinema category that have been screened at the two most important international film festivals in Spain: The San Sebastian International Film Festival, and the Valladolid International Film Week in the period of 2016-2021. It is also studied the output of these festivals in terms of screenings in the Spanish cinemas during the same period. The results show that nearly a third of the films at these two festivals belong to world cinema, and about a third of these films screened at the festivals have been shown in cinemas.

Keywords: world cinema, transnational cinema, film festivals, film coproductions, Spanish film screens

From resilience to autonomy. The geeks of Guadalajara and their construction of role models from geek culture

Nadiezhda Palestina Camacho Quiroz — 2024-02-13

The purpose of this article is to explain the process that geek women from Guadalajara used to build their models of behavior stemming from the characters and fantasy narratives which belong to the geek culture of Mexico, using a gender perspective. Through the ethnographic method, the most relevant characters for the researched geek women were identified, as well as their characteristics and the models of behavior built by them from their teachings, such as: the model of resilience, the model of empowerment, the model of self-esteem, and the model of autonomy.

Perceptions, experiences, and positions on gender violence in social media. Results of a survey of Andalusian young people

Aimiris Sosa Valcarcel — 2024-02-28

The study analyzes the perceptions, experiences and positions of Andalusian young people on violence against women in social media. A survey shows that, in these spaces, young people find a discourse of hate, legitimized in the digital culture itself. An organizational dimension of violence can also be seen, as many of the practices related to harassment or humiliation are organized in the manosphere, going beyond the virtual world to be carried out in the offline scenario.

Dead end? The sampling problem in the study of digital social networks

Daniel Pattier — 2024-02-14

The objectives of this work are to delve into the sampling problem in the study of digital social networks and to show the possibilities and solutions that the literature has provided to deal with this problem. Through a theoretical-reflexive methodology, the subject is investigated highlighting and analyzing the procedural options used by the literature. In addition, some methodological improvements are proposed that can contribute to the development of more reliable research on the subject.

Gender, intimacy and power: digital media usage in romantic interactions in Chilean youth

Verónica Gómez-Urrutia — 2024-02-07

This paper explores the practices and meanings Chilean university students (N = 60) deploy in their digitally-mediated romantic relationships and the gendered normativity that governs these interactions. We use a qualitative approach based on semi-structured interviews. Our results evidenced the persistence of gendered codes that restrict the expression of female sexuality, which demonstrates how inequalities of symbolic power are reinforced in the virtual realm.

Technoferences in Couple Relationships and Gender: Qualitative Findings

Tania Rodríguez Salazar — 2024-01-24

This article reports qualitative findings about technoferences or partner phubbing, showing the multiplicity of experiences that it generates. The analysis situates the phenomenon in the dynamics of the onlife world and highlights gender differences. It stands out that the interruptions caused by the other are more annoying than their own, that men demand more and have greater power to influence the partner uses. The conclusion is that the most tolerated or justified technoferences are those that have to do with paid work, and that they are not always inevitable, but can express communicational agency.

The Spanish press on TikTok: analysis of their publications

Victoria Mora de la Torre — 2023-12-07

This research analyzes the adequacy of the informative content that the Spanish press is applying in TikTok. With this objective, this research is approached from a mixed approach. On the one hand, a content analysis has been carried out on 266 videos published by eight newspapers: four traditional newspapers (El País, La Vanguardia, ABC and El Mundo) and four digital native newspapers (20 Minutos, El Español, elDiario.es and El Huffpost). These findings reached through a quantitative analysis will be complemented with semi-structured interviews with the managers of the analyzed media.

Emma Coronel and the buchona femininity in social media. Ways of redefining women in drug trafficking

Ana Sofía Apodaca-Cabrera — 2023-12-13

This text analyzes discourses about Emma Coronel, Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán’s wife, and the buchona femininity on Instagram and TikTok. Using netnography, it approaches sociodigital networks to address the relationship between drug culture and gender, involving sociocultural, economic, political, historical, and technological components. Practices and discourses that participate in the construction of buchona femininity are identified. However, erotic capital is questioned as a form of resistance in the drug world.

Editorial

Gabriela Gómez-Rodríguez — 2023-12-13