Regresar

A brief history of the Latin American Academy of Communication

Abstract:

This essay in no way attempts to completely analyze the main objects of study or even the uniqueness or relevance of the theoretical and methodological imagination that we have designated as the" Latin American academy of communication." Instead this essay responds to a far more modest concern--to describe specific episodes of relevance to our troubled historiography of the Latin American academy of communication, understanding that it definitely can not be understood as an essence but as a story. Beyond the description of certain events, it is essential to understand that the history of Latin American programs of communication results from the actions and commitments of some groups which, over the years, have become the powers inside the Latin American programs of communication and from the unquestionable" charisma" of certain leaders. It could not be otherwise. The Latin American programs of …