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The development of new methodologies for analysing –and really improving– people’s communication by means of media is sluggish. The reasons for this often relate to the media themselves, the politics, the teachers’ situation and an insufficient pedagogy.

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At a time when academic activity in the area of communication is principally assessed by the impact of scientific journals, the scientific media and the scientific productivity of researchers, the question arises as to whether social factors condition scientific activity as much as [...]

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This article shows a new vision of Media Consumption for Communication Research through the relation between a host society and Diaspora. Immigrant’s Media Consumption is already [...]

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This article presents the methodological strategies, results and a critical analysis of the national research project MapCom “The Research Sphere on Communication Studies Social Practices, Map of Projects, Groups, research objects and methods”. We present the results [...]

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The application of the Cameo (Characterizations Automatically Made and Edited Online) bibliometric technique -one of the most advanced methodologies for the analysis and representation of information- to the research history of Marshall McLuhan allows us to create a scientific portrait [...]

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The results of a qualitative investigation carried out between November 2010 and February 2011, on the future of the scientific journals specializing in media and communication in Spain are summarized. The research methodology used was the Delphi method based on the answers provided [...]

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This paper explores the current paradigm of the publication culture in Spain, examining the negative and positive forces that shape the dominant dynamics in the production, dissemination and evaluation of scholars’ works. Following the intentional sampling of maximum variety, we [...]

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Spanish Communication scholars working at foreign universities offer a vantage point to examine the access to an academic career in Spain and the international impact of Spanish scientific production. The reasons for their departure to other countries lie in the deficiencies of the [...]

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When the first university schools of journalism and communication started in Spain in 1971, only a few European and North American countries had preferentially adopted an academic model. Variety was their dominant feature, exhibiting diverse professional cultures and sometimes political [...]

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This work presents a current map of scientific research on Communication in Spain, identifying both the research fronts of the publications with the greatest impact over the last three years (2019–2021) and the authors who led such work and their universities of reference. The original [...]