"El presente artículo describe y problematiza la experiencia de un colectivo de paraguayos migrantes denominado Ápe Paraguay. Se trata de un proyecto político comunicacional nacido en Buenos Aires en 2008 que se ha constituido en un espacio de articulación social vinculando a una importante cant
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idad de organizaciones paraguayas en diferentes lugares del mundo. Sus producciones informativas, las relaciones con otros colectivos, su utilización de las nuevas tecnologías de la información y la comunicación, así como sus heterogéneas iniciativas han convertido a Ápe Paraguay en una herramienta de producción simbólica y de demanda de ciudadanía en distintos planos. Ápe permite reflexionar, precisamente, sobre la construcción de la ciudadanía política de los migrantes paraguayos y sobre su ciudadanía cultural o comunicacional a ambos lados de las fronteras. El trabajo analiza las especificidades del caso y propone un conjunto de desafíos teóricos implicados en esta experiencia para pensar dinámicas comunicacionales que expresan hoy varias organizaciones de migrantes. En este sentido, se recuperan aportes del campo de las ciencias de la comunicación y del análisis sobre las migraciones internacionales para comprender esta iniciativa como parte de las formas emergentes de lucha por ciudadanía y acceso a derechos por parte de los migrantes contemporáneos." (Resumen)
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"In the 2012 elections, the internet – and particularly the social networks – became more important than ever before and took up an unprecedented amount of space in the media. The role played by Web 2.0 in the 2012 elections in Mexico cannot be assessed without bringing the #YoSoy132 movement in
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to the equation. This phenomenon brought together the two elements of “youth participation” and “Web 2.0 tools” to enliven the political debate during the election campaign." (https://www.kas.de)
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"For decades, television scholars have viewed global television through the lens of cultural imperialism, focusing primarily on programs produced by US and UK markets and exported to foreign markets. Global Television Formats revolutionizes television studies by de-provincializing its approach to me
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dia globalization. It re-examines dominant approaches and their legacies of global/local and center/ periphery, and offers new directions for understanding television’s contemporary incarnations. The chapters in this collection take up the format phenomena from around the globe, including the Middle East, Western and Eastern Europe, South and West Africa, South and East Asia, Australia and New Zealand, North America, South America, and the Caribbean. Contributors address both little known examples and massive global hits ranging from the Idol franchise around the world, to telenovelas, dance competitions, sports programming, reality TV, quiz shows, sitcoms and more." (Publisher description)
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"A comunicação cujo conteúdo é centrado nas qualidades e nos diferenciais da marca religiosa, exatamente como é recorrente nas ações da Igreja Universal do Reino de Deus, busca relacionar os benefícios do entretenimento a ela, possibilitando à igreja integrar sua imagem marcária ao discurs
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o, não eximindo o público receptor de desfrutar do programa no qual está inserida a branded content — comunicação por conteúdo. O presente artigo aborda o fenômeno religioso em curso que sobrepuja a categoria de religião perdida para o religioso por todas as partes-, cenário contemporâneo no qual a religiosidade é manifesta intensamente na vida privada das pessoas, em formas afetivas e emocionais, sem referência à doutrina ou à instituição eclesiástica." (Resumo)
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"Based on interviews with 300 journalists in Chile, Brazil and Mexico, this article describes similarities and differences in their professional cultures. Two competing conceptual explanations are tested: the dominance of political structures, levels of press freedom and the size and concentration o
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f media ownership vs the predominance of political cultures and political parallelism. Although the study provides some evidence in favour of the second scenario – overall in terms of the institutional roles supported by the journalists – neither of the two explanations can fully account for the differences between the countries. Meanwhile, the epistemological and ethical views of the journalists seem to be trapped in contesting terrains of ambiguity, where organizational, media routines and individual factors override country differences." (Abstract)
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"Este nuevo boletín del Cerlalc responde a la urgente necesidad que tiene Iberoamérica de representarse en cifras. El Cerlalc de hoy tiene como prioridad ser una fuente de información y de análisis especializado, que estimule en los países miembros iniciativas públicas y privadas a favor del l
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ibro y la lectura. Esperamos que esta publicación contribuya a hacer tangible ese anhelo. El número inaugural de El Libro en Cifras presenta un panorama sobre la producción editorial en Centroamérica, seguido por un informe comparativo sobre las encuestas de comportamiento lector realizadas en once países en la última década y, para finalizar, un artículo sobre el aporte de las Industrias Protegidas por el Derecho de Autor a las economías de 30 países. Además, se ofrecen algunos aspectos importantes sobre la última investigación realizada en Brasil Retratos de lectura en Brasil 2011." (Editorial)
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"The improvements in the Arab world were the most significant findings of Freedom of the Press 2012: A Global Survey of Media Independence, the latest edition of an annual index published by Freedom House since 1980. The gains came on the heels of eight consecutive years of decline in the global ave
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rage press freedom score, a phenomenon that has affected practically every region in the world. Furthermore, they were accompanied by positive changes in several key countries outside the Middle East and North Africa: Burma, Indonesia, the Philippines, Thailand, and Zambia. Other countries that registered progress include Georgia, Nepal, Niger, Sierra Leone, and Togo. Three of the countries with major gains—Burma, Libya, and Tunisia—had for many years endured media environments that were among the world’s most oppressive. Both Libya and Tunisia made single-year leaps of a size practically unheard of in the 32-year history of the report. At the same time, press freedom continued to face obstacles and reversals in many parts of the world. China, which boasts the world’s most sophisticated system of media repression, stepped up its drive to control both old and new sources of news and information through arrests and censorship. Other authoritarian powers—such as Russia, Iran, and Venezuela—resorted to a variety of techniques to maintain a tight grip on the media, detaining some press critics, closing down media outlets and blogs, and bringing libel or defamation suits against journalists." (Page 1)
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"This sampler is the result of a common research project of 16 Latin American universities and the Informatics Network of the Catholic Church in Latin America (RIIAL) on "the impact of digital culture in the Latin American societies". The first part consists of seven contributions studying the use o
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f and access to social media and ICTs by young people, especially university students, in Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Panama and Paraguay. The second part, also consisting of seven articles, covers quite different issues like the "One Laptop per Child" initiative in Peru, "socio-affective capacities" in e-learning in Colombia or a reflection on the evangelisation mission of the Church. The articles differ widely in scope and methodology, as there was no agreed research framework. Nevertheless, the contributions are a helpful stocktaking of digital culture in a variety of country and cultural contexts." (CAMECO Update 1-2012)
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"El presente reporte nos entrega información sobre hábitos y prácticas de consumo en relación a medios masivos: televisión, radio, diarios y revistas. Los datos arrojan que la televisión tiene tal grado de penetración que estamos hablando prácticamente de un acceso cotidiano y universal (con
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cifras superiores al 95%) sin distinguir edad, sexo, estrato socioeconómico, residencia en regiones, etc. Para los otros medios en tanto, el acceso es decreciente y diferenciado siendo signifi cativa, entre otras, la variable socioeconómica. Así en el caso de la lectura de diarios, donde se advierte una clara preponderancia de acceso entre los sectores más acomodados marcando brechas de cerca de 40 puntos porcentuales respecto a los sectores más bajos." (Presentación, página 3)
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