"This new issue of Westminster Papers of Communication and Culture is dedicated for the first time to Latin America, and by re-visiting the cultural and communication standpoints undertaken in the region, it will help to address the ongoing questions on globalisation, and cultural hybridisation from the local and regional cultures. The papers explore a range of important issues including media democracy, hybrid identity, media and migration, structure and agency, social change, technology, and resistance." (Editorial)
Editorial / Yennué Zárate, 1
The Intellectual Impasse of Cultural Studies of the Media in Latin America / Mónica Szurmuk & Silvio Waisbord, 7
From Latin America: Diversity, Globalization and Convergence / Jesús Martín-Barbero, 33
Noticiero Univision / Gabriel A Moreno Esparza, 57
Rethinking Latin American Communicology in the Age of Nomad Culture / Jéssica Retis & Francisco Sierra Caballero, 87
Latin American Urban Cultural Studies / Alejandra García Vargas & Patria Román Velázquez, 113
Rediscovering the Latin American Roots of Participatory Communication for Social Change / Alejandro Barranquero, 133
Media and Democracy in Brazil / Carolina Matos, 155