http://hdl.handle.net/10498/15249 2026-11-08T05:08:59Z http://hdl.handle.net/10498/33885 Institutionalization and Implosion of Communication for Development and Social Change in Spain: A Case Study Marí Sáez, Víctor Manuel 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). 2020-06-09T00:00:00Z