The «western» communication

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Keywords:

communication, Modernity, eurocentrism, Latin America

Abstract

Current Communication theories have been mainly developed by American and European authors, respond to the characteristics of industrialized societies of the North and are part of the scientific parameters established by Modernity. These theories have virtually reached a canonical level and are normally reproduced in training processes, professional practices and even common sense. Facing the fact of this «western communication» predominance, the Latin American tradition of critical communication thinking is today challenged to work for deswesternizing this theoretical field in search of a new understanding of the communication phenomenon and its study.

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Author Biography

Erick Torrico Villanueva, Universidad Andina Simón Bolívar

Coordinador del Observatorio Nacional de Medios y director académico del área de Comunicación en la Universidad Andina Simón Bolívar en La Paz, Bolivia.

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Published

2015-06-28

How to Cite

Torrico Villanueva, E. (2015). The «western» communication. Oficios Terrestres, 1(32), 3–23. Retrieved from https://perio.unlp.edu.ar/ojs/index.php/oficiosterrestres/article/view/2381

Issue

No. 32 (2015): The new challenges for de Social Science in the region I

Section

Informe Especial

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