RT book part
T1 Institutionalization and Implosion of Communication for Development and Social Change in Spain: A Case Study
A1 Marí Sáez, Víctor Manuel
A2 Marketing y Comunicación
K1 Communication
K1 Social Change
K1 Communication for Social Change
K1 Spain
K1 Case Study
K1 Bibliometrics
AB This chapter offers an overview of the institutionalization of the academic field of communication fordevelopment and social change (CDSC) in Spain in the twenty-first century, following a period of neglectand marginalization. The ongoing expansion of this field in the Spanish context is understood as a process ofimplosion, i.e. an inward collapse deriving from the inconsistencies and weaknesses of its tardy and hastyinstitutionalization.A triple methodological approach has been implemented in this case study: a) an historiographical analysisof the field of the CDSC in Spain; b) a bibliometric analysis of the papers published on this subject in themain Spanish journals between 2000 and 2015; and c) four significant and relevant Spanish case studies inthis regard.The results of this research basically point to: 1) a late consolidation of the field in Spain, which has led to itsimplosion during its expansion and institutionalization stage (2011-to date); 2) a marginal production ofscientific 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) whichhas 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).
PB Springer
SN 978-981-15-2013-6
YR 2020
FD 2020-06-09
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10498/33885
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10498/33885
LA eng
NO MINECO
DS Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Cádiz
RD 07-nov-2026