%0 Journal Article 
%A Marí Sáez, Víctor Manuel
%T Institutionalization and Implosion of Communication for Development and Social Change in Spain: A Case Study
%D 2020
%U http://hdl.handle.net/10498/33885
%X This chapter offers an overview of the institutionalization of the academic field of communication for
development and social change (CDSC) in Spain in the twenty-first century, following a period of neglect
and marginalization. The ongoing expansion of this field in the Spanish context is understood as a process of
implosion, i.e. an inward collapse deriving from the inconsistencies and weaknesses of its tardy and hasty
institutionalization.
A triple methodological approach has been implemented in this case study: a) an historiographical analysis
of the field of the CDSC in Spain; b) a bibliometric analysis of the papers published on this subject in the
main Spanish journals between 2000 and 2015; and c) four significant and relevant Spanish case studies in
this regard.
The results of this research basically point to: 1) a late consolidation of the field in Spain, which has led to its
implosion during its expansion and institutionalization stage (2011-to date); 2) a marginal production of
scientific papers in comparison with the general academic production in the field of communication in Spain;
3) a certain subsidiarity in other more closely related fields (education for development, for example) which
has covered existing gaps and lacunas; 4) the fundamental role played by Spanish community radio; and 5)
the potential of virtual communication spaces such as those deriving from the experience of the “Indignados”
or 15-M movement (2011).
%K Communication
%K Social Change
%K Communication for Social Change
%K Spain
%K Case Study
%K Bibliometrics
%~ Universidad de Cádiz