"El concepto de publicidad oficial abarca todo lo relacionado con las comunicaciones de las entidades territoriales. No solo se trata del dinero que gastan para publicar en los medios de comunicación con anuncios de su gestión. Incluye el dinero destinado a vallas, pancartas, volantes o cuñas, ha
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sta la realización de conciertos, festivales y ferias siempre que estas hagan parte de sus estrategias de comunicación. Este canal de comunicación entre los mandatarios y la ciudadanía debería buscar informar a la población, fomentar el pluralismo, promover políticas públicas y el derecho a tener información verificada de la gestión de los gobernantes. Sin embargo, en Colombia está suficientemente demostrado que la mayoría de estos recursos se utilizan de manera arbitraria y se desvían de estos objetivos para convertirlos en una herramienta de autopromoción. El equipo de investigación de la FLIP le puso la lupa al gasto que hicieron las administraciones durante su gestión en el último cuatrienio. La Fundación solicitó información a las gobernaciones y alcaldías de las ciudades capitales del país y varias ciudades intermedias para estimar el monto del gasto de los últimos cuatro años, datos que están acá recogidos. Así mismo, en este periodo, la organización mantuvo el ejercicio de veeduría a entidades de todos los niveles, durante la pandemia de Covid-19 (2020 - 2021) y el periodo de protestas. Hizo informes detallados de cómo fue el comportamiento del Gobierno Nacional y del Ministerio de Defensa. Además, en 2023, publicó investigaciones puntuales sobre ciudades como Bogotá, Barranquilla y Envigado. Por otra parte, realizó talleres con alcaldías y gobernaciones, y entregó herramientas de buenas prácticas a la Procuraduría, sin que hayan sido acogidas con éxito. Este es, entonces, un esfuerzo por recoger las conclusiones del trabajo del equipo de investigación de la FLIP durante el último cuatrienio, un llamado para que este asunto, poco observado por entes de control, se comprenda con la importancia que merece por los efectos que tiene sobre la ciudadanía, el derecho de acceso a la información y la libertad de expresión." (https://flip.org.co)
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"Drawing from nation-branding as a recent development in contemporary globalization, and new middle power theory that examines hierarchies of nations, we used thematic textual analysis to examine business press coverage of the IBSA (India, Brazil, South Africa) consortium for business news represent
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ations and the positioning of IBSA nations in the global arena. Analysis of coverage in India’s The Financial Express, Brazil’s Valor Econômico and South Africa’s Business Day revealed that regional economic leadership, strengths in trade and technology, development aid and the consortium’s collective engagement in global activism inform the business press’ positioning of the IBSA countries as new middle powers." (Abstract)
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"Em 2023, o professor José Marques de Melo, se estivesse vivo, completaria 80 anos de idade. Com certeza, ainda estaria organizando algum evento científico ou escrevendo um novo livro. Em sua trajetória, marcada por um trabalho pioneiro de pesquisa e de ensino da Comunicação no Brasil, Marques
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de Melo foi jornalista, professor, autor de dezenas de livros, além de um grande líder, fundando a maior e mais longeva entidade de pesquisadoras e pesquisadores em Comunicação da América Latina, a Intercom. Para celebrar seu aniversário, a Sociedade Brasileira de Estudos Interdisciplinares da Comunicação - INTERCOM - reúne, nesta coletânea, histórias da vida de José Marques de Melo contadas por ex-orientandos, colegas de trabalho, pesquisadores e jornalistas que, de alguma forma, tiveram seus percursos cruzados com o do mestre JMM." (Resumo)
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"The article aims to theorize about critical data studies with Latin America beyond the framework of data colonialism, arguing that the long history of social thought in the region can contribute to a more nuanced understanding of the datafication. It discusses views around dependence, oppressions,
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and liberation, debating how Latin American authors can be useful for current critical data studies, in a more nuanced and complex vision. It presents the theoretical contributions of Lelia Gonzalez, dependency theorists and Enrique Dussel. Dependency theorists criticize evolutionary frameworks of development and can contribute to discussions around data sovereignty and overexploitation of labor. Gonzalez contributes to a complex vision of Amefrica Ladina, articulating multiple forms of oppression. Enrique Dussel presents a theory of technology considering totality and proposes an ethics of liberation that can be related to alternatives toward data justice and data commons. All theoretical frameworks contribute to thinking about datafication with Latin America not as an isolated phenomenon, but in relation to other countries in the world, and as an analytical key for the construction of alternatives. All perspectives are related to current debates on critical data studies and can make an important contribution to the construction of critical theories about data that consider Latin America also as a site of knowledge production." (Abstract)
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"In Brasilien paktieren evangelikale Kirchen offen mit rechtsextremen Politikern um den Ex-Präsidenten Jair Bolsonaro. Die Regierung der Arbeiterpartei von Präsident Lula da Silva sucht nach einem Rezept gegen diese unheilvolle Allianz. Sie müsste vor allem ihre soziale Basis in den verarmten Vor
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städten der brasilianischen Metropolen zurückerobern." (Einleitung)
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"Falsehoods targeting political parties and candidates have long been entrenched in Brazilian politics and monitored by the Superior Electoral Court (TSE). Since the rise of the far right in Brazil, the TSE has itself become a disinformation target. This study aims to unveil disinformation that has
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been directed at the Brazilian electoral system since 2018 and explore the court’s responses. First, we quantitatively analyzed 420 verification articles from the TSE’s Fato ou Boato website to identify the falsehoods’ origins, targets, narratives, and deceptive strategies. Second, we conducted expert interviews and qualitatively examined official documents to explore counteraction strategies, particularly collaborations with fact-checkers. The findings indicate that disinformation primarily revolves around the alleged vulnerability of the electronic voting system (25%) and supposed illegal actions that have been committed by the TSE (15%). Supreme Federal Court ministers, notably Luís Barroso and Alexandre de Moraes, have become frequent targets. Assaults on the TSE surged from 15% (2018) to 27% (2022). Strengthened collaboration with fact-checkers enhances their societal recognition and significance in the Brazilian public sphere." (Abstract)
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"This essay characterizes a “disintegrated internationalization” as the main trend in the development of communication studies in Latin America. This hypothetical approach is based on critical readings of multiple bibliographical sources generated in the most recent decades and published in Span
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ish, Portuguese, or English, both in the form of essays and empirical studies, somewhat supporting a historical sociology. The systematic and rigorously analyzed and interpreted documentation, following the methodological example of Luis Ramiro Beltrán, allows us to advance in the recognition of some factors that separate national “academic fields” from their integration in broader scales—Latin American or global. The conclusion proposes what the elaboration of a historical narrative needs to recognize to be more useful: the complexity and multiplicity of the historical-social processes that have been interwoven and interdetermined in each of the spatiotemporal stages that it is pertinent to define as Latin America’s own." (Abstract)
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"Este documento presenta el Mapeo de iniciativas de Alfabetización Mediática e Informacional en Iberoamérica, realizado a lo largo de 2023, a partir de un cuestionario dirigido a los miembros de la Plataforma de Reguladores del sector Audiovisual de Iberoamérica (PRAI), a los medios audiovisuale
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s de servicio público, así como a diversos organismos públicos y organizaciones civiles relevantes en el ámbito de la Alfabetización Mediática e Informacional (AMI) en la región iberoamericana. El objetivo del mapeo es agrupar las prácticas recientes implementadas por todos los organismos encuestados en sus áreas de competencia, para sistematizar sus experiencias y resultados y poder darlos a conocer a fin de sensibilizar a los públicos objetivos sobre el papel desempeñado en la promoción de la AMI. El presente documento integra la presentación del proyecto, así como sus principales hallazgos y recomendaciones para la promoción y difusión de la AMI en la región. Lo acompañan dos anexos que detallan las 52 iniciativas identificadas que configuran el mapeo." (Resumen ejecutivo)
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"En el primer eje -Memoria de la otra Comunicación- se compilan los aportes de mujeres que tempranamente trabajaron en experie ncias de comunicación alternativa, mujeres fundantes en la teoría y la praxis de la comunicación para el cambio social y que nos abrieron las puertas heredándonos el ca
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minar y la palabra. [...]
El segundo eje –Prácticas de Comunicación Popular y Oficio Periodístico– recorre los trayectos de experiencias emblemáticas en comunicación surgidas desde abajo, movidas por la reivindicación de derechos en la esfera política, social, cultural y ecológica. De ahí que visibiliza el aporte de las mujeres diversas -indígenas, negras, campesinas, entre otras- que desde el campo popular han tomado la palabra como un gesto político de resistencia y lucha. Este eje revela cómo se ha sostenido el legado de la otra comunicación, se ha logrado pluralizar las voces, así como democratizar la comunicación desde un ejercicio de soberanía y autorrepresentación. [...]
Docencia e Investigación: Este eje convoca a diversas mujeres cuyo principal campo de acción es la academia; pero también comparten su vida -en un habitar anfibio- entre la ciencia y la militancia. Algunas de ellas están vinculadas a las luchas de género y feminismos, y otras a la consolidación de la comunicación como derecho y a la política pública. En los últimos años ha existido un importante despunte de académicas en el ámbito de la comunicación, que, por su formación doctoral y sus publicaciones científicas, gozan de prestigio profesional; sin embargo, el texto es finito y queda sentada la deuda pendiente. En esta sección hicimos un esfuerzo por honrar a las académicas que con su labor anfibia han dado un giro en la institucionalidad de la comunicación, en la política pública y, por supuesto, en la consolidación del campo de conocimiento." (Prólogo, páginas 13-15)
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"This bilingual, cross-national study analyzes stories about the Colombian peace process that were engaged with on social media o understand the use of peace and war framing in news reporting. Using content analysis as a method, this paper operationalized Galtung’s classification of peace journali
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sm and follows framing methodological adjustments and improvements suggested by previous peace journalism scholars. Results show that, even during peace talks, media use war narratives more often than peace frames, and social media users amplify more war than peace-oriented content. Proximity to conflict also was shown to be an important factor, as Colombian media used more war frames than foreign media. These findings are relevant for their implications about how national media consistently emphasized a war frame that social media users amplified, which we argue has implications for how citizens viewed the Colombian peace process, ultimately potentially influencing the decision to vote down the referendum." (Abstract)
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"The current situation for journalism in Argentina represents a great challenge due to the continuous economic changes linked to inflation and labour precariousness. Faced with this, a phenomenon known as self-managed media has grown over the recent years, also connected to recovered media that prom
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otes innovation, providing material for use in newsrooms to produce novel content and connect with audiences. For this explorative study, based on journalists' roles and innovation, we conducted a mixed-methods design to analyse self-managed media composed of recovered, cooperatives, community, popular, and alternative media. First, a focus group was held with 10 communicators to understand their current situation; second, 60 journalists were consulted about their roles and innovations; finally, in-depth interviews were conducd with three communicators who work on self-managed media at the Community and Cooperative Media Confederation. The findings reveal the presence of innovative actions, reported by 90% of respondents, and confirm that 70% of the consulted journalists had assumed new roles in management and administration. In addition, 80% of the journalists praised community work as fostering a sense of belonging and its associated benefits regarding motivation and freedom. These sentiments were further validated by the insights shared by the three interviewees. This sense of belonging could be included in the fifth area of innovation in journalism, which centres on the social dimension." (Abstract)
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"This essay argues that Latin American scholarship and movement practice are key to understanding the dynamics of the datafied society and countering its inequities. Examining the sources of inspiration of a frontrunner seeking to decolonize the datafied society – the Big Data from the South Initi
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ative (BigDataSur) – we review Martín-Barbero’s ontological shift from media to mediations, Freire’s methodology centring individual agency and empowerment as a structural task of society, Mignolo’s invite to take decoloniality as a praxis rather than merely an idea, Rodríguez’s first-hand engagement with technology at the margins, Escobar’s autonomous design for the pluriverse, and the critical ecology of eco-social movements. We engage with a new generation of Latin American thinkers who turn their gaze to core problems of today’s systems of knowledge production, be they media or academia. Learning from these scholars, we warn against decolonial reductionism, namely the trend to evoke decolonial ideas and theories without fully committing to putting them into practice. We maintain that to decolonize datafication, we ought to also change how we generate knowledge about the datafied society. We outline three practical strategies that foster an open-ended dialogue on alternative approaches to datafication and scientific practice: multilingualism, public scholarship, and mentorship." (Abstract)
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"Nas últimas décadas, a utilização das mídias por igrejas evangélicas brasileiras se intensificou com a disseminação das redes sociais na internet. Viu-se também uma ampliação do mercado de bens culturais religiosos, sobretudo na área da música. Se essas múltiplas mediações comunicac
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ionais servem aos propósitos religiosos, políticos e econômicos das igrejas, a consolidação desses mercados também apresenta desafios às autoridades dessas instituições, ao dar visibilidade a uma multiplicidade de agentes e discursos que fogem ao seu controle. Neste artigo, a partir do estudo de redes sociais de lideranças religiosas e de artistas da música gospel, discutiremos de que forma questões raciais circulam no mundo religioso evangélico a partir de suas margens. A pesquisa que deu origem a este artigo se baseia no estudo das carreiras de artistas gospel e suas atividades nas redes sociais e permite observar que as questões raciais têm adentrado as igrejas evangélicas não a partir da ação exclusiva de lideranças, mas de suas margens sem, no entanto, provocar mudanças estruturais." (Resumo)
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