Research

Sociología de la Comunicación (MEDIACOM) – Communication Sociology

Our main research line is to analyse the changes and the impact of mass media on the Castilian society. Its line of action is focused on two main areas:

• The structure of the media, assessing, classifying and evaluating the offer produced in the region –Castilla-La Mancha-;
• The production, distribution and consumption of content, investigating the new media and their aetiologies, new business models and their possibilities, the effects on the journalistic profession and, finally, the consequences on citizens.

Director: Ana María López Cepeda

Researchers: Miguel Álvarez Peralta, Belén Galletero Campos, Raquel Gómez Rosado, Elena Martínez Pérez, Lidia Peralta García, José Reig Cruañes, Vanesa Saiz Echezarreta, Juan Carlos Santos Núñez, María José Ufarte Ruiz.

Comunicación Pública: Poder, Derecho y Mensaje (COMPUBLIC) (Public Communication: Power, Law and Message)

The research team COMPUBLIC has as main objective the study of public communication. Topics of special interest are the relationship between the economic and political powers and the structure of the media, public policies and the rights of journalists and citizens and the performance of mass media in terms of transparency and good governance.

Director: Juan Luis Manfredi Sánchez

Researchers: Ana Mª López Cepeda, Ana Serrano Tellería, María José Ufarte Ruiz

El Observatorio de la Comunicación (The Communication Observatory) of Castilla-La Mancha (MediaCom-UCLM)

It is a strategic project of the Faculty of Communication (UCLM), which investigates the changes and the impact of mass media on the Castilian society. The lines of action are focused on two preferred areas:

• The structure of the media, assessing, classifying and evaluating the offer produced in the region –Castilla-La Mancha-;
• The production, distribution and consumption of content, investigating the new media and their aetiologies, new business models and their possibilities, the effects on the journalistic profession and, finally, the consequences on citizens.

To this end, the research team has as main goals: 1) to prepare a census of the media in the Castilian-Manchego communication space, which will be updated every year; 2) to analyse trends, diagnose problems and establish dominant typologies, especially in relation to the crisis of the printed press and the emergence of digital media; in relation to the changes in the profession of journalism and their effects on the training students receive in faculties; and in everything that affects the right to information, media consumption and political cultures.

(*) Departament under creation

R&D National Project GLOBALCOM

Research - Comunicación pública, transparencia, rendición de cuentas y participación en los gobiernos locales (Public communication, transparency, accountability and participation in local governments)

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