Objetos de estudio y orientación metodológica de la reciente investigación sobre comunicación en España (2008-2014)

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(2008, 2010, 2012 y 2014). El corpus final incluye 529 artículos firmados por autores adscritos a universidades y centros de investigación españoles, a los que se aplicó una ficha de codificación que, sobre los objetivos atendidos entre trabajo, incluye cinco variables, dos de ellas para dar cuenta de los objetos de estudio y tres sobre los aspectos metodológicos. Los resultados indican que la reciente investigación española sobre comunicación continúa tomando como objeto preferente el estudio del periodismo y la información periodística, y se interesa especialmente por el análisis de los contenidos mediáticos, que supone el 60% de las contribuciones en este periodo. Por lo que hace a los enfoques metodológicos, los investigadores españoles siguen haciendo básicamente estudios empíricos, con predominio claro de la investigación cuantitativa y una apreciable mejora de la calidad metodológica de los trabajos publicados.[EN] The interest in analyzing communication research in Spain has grown in the last decade, but there are still few studies that address the description of the objects of study and the methodological (2008, 2010, 2012 and 2014), and the final corpus include 529 articles signed by authors working in Spanish universities and research centers. Those texts were codified by a coding sheet that includes five variables, four of them to account for the objects of study and three on methodological aspects. The results indicate that the recent Spanish research on communication takes the study of journalism and news as the preferred object, and it is specially interested in the analysis of media content, which accounts for 60% of contributions in this period. With regard to methodological approaches, Spanish researchers still do basically empirical studies, predominantly quantitative research, with a clear improvement in the methodological quality.

Opening the Black Box of Citations: A Qualitative Analysis on the Basis of the Taxonomy of Erikson and Erlandson

“…While Fernández- Viso (2012) holds that the institutionalization process of CDSC in Spain could be seen as "an unfinished task," for Marí (2016) we are witnessing "an implosion of the field," due to its historically inconsistent and weak development. In an initial attempt to contextualize the situation, and after reviewing generic studies of the history of communication research in Spain, it appears that CDSC has certainly not constituted one of the keystones of communication research in this country (Martínez-Nicolás, 2016). For that matter, the absence or marginal presence of Paraguayan Juan Díaz Bordenave and the Bolivian Luis Ramiro Beltrán, is more than remarkable.…”

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“…In the same way, we can easily find studies on the use of particular methodologies during investigation processes (Castillo-Esparcia Rubio-Moraga, and Almansa-Martínez, 2012). Lastly, there are a lot of contributions which try to show trends in different academic journals in a certain period of time (Bryant & Miron, 2004;Roca-Correa & Pueyo-Ayhan, 2012;Bermejo-Berros, 2014) and country (de-Filippo, 2013;Martínez-Nicolás & Saperas-Lapiedra, 2016). This kind of studies are very useful to understand the recent development of a field such as, in this case, communication.…”

“…In terms of the thematic division of communication studies, Spanish researchers in communication opt for the study of media content, following a «traditional or conservative pattern» (Martínez-Nicolás & Saperas-Lapiedra, 2016) focused on the analysis of practices and products. The explanation of this phenomenon could be the fast-paced production process of the academic research due to the noted necessities for the recognition of the scholars' achievements.…”

Propuesta socio-crítica para investigar las culturas periodísticas a partir de la revisión de "Worlds of Journalism Study" (2012-2015)

“…Las dimensiones de análisis que proponemos funcionan como dispositivos heurísticos y parecen necesarias en un momento en el que la mayor parte de los trabajos sobre periodismo en España se centran en el estudio de contenidos, es decir, en la dimensión discursiva del periodismo, olvidando la dimensión institucional (profesionales, empresas, mercados, políticas sectoriales, etc) y social (audiencias, consumo mediático, efectos e influencia de los medios, etc.) Martínez Nicolás & Saperas (2016: 1380.…”