The popular as subject of study: a review of latin american and north american research traditions

This chapter examines the evolution of communication research in Latin America and North America, and discusses the most influential researchparadigms in each region. A central assumption guiding this review stresses the role played by research agendas in the legitimation of prevailing political agendas. The review of research paradigms is followed by a critical evaluation of underlying assumptions and methods in the two regions. The second section of the chapter posits the framework for an analysis of youth cultural identity as an issue in the study of popular cultures. In this context, special attention is given to the ways popular culture approaches have effected the agenda and methods of communication research. Most of the comparative reviews asses the evolution of  communication research focus on mass media. These reviews have compared U.S. and Britdish Studies, as well as American and European approaches to mass media reseach and to critical communication research. However comprehensive comparisons of research traditions between Latin America and North America have only- appeared in the middle of the 1980. Although this review deals with research traditions in the study of popular culture, it refers largely to reviews on mass media and critical communication that have included popular culture as an issue of interest. Although the study of popular culture or "cultura popular" has involved very different disciplines, for the purpose of the present study, this review concentrates on studies within the field of communications that have influenced or have had an impact on the study of popular culture.

• Autores: Riaño Alcalá, Pilar
• Tipo de recurso: Article of journal
• Fecha de publicación: 1993
• Institución: Universidad Nacional de Colombia
• Repositorio: Universidad Nacional de Colombia
• Idioma: spa
• OAI Identifier: oai:repositorio.unal.edu.co:unal/28385
• Acceso en línea: https://repositorio.unal.edu.co/handle/unal/28385; http://bdigital.unal.edu.co/18433/
• Palabra clave: cultura popular; investigación; cultura masiva; metodología; comunicación crítica; teorías; estudios culturales; communication research; paradigms; methods; youth cultural identity; popular cultures; mass media; critical communication research
• Rights: openAccess
• License: Atribución-NoComercial 4.0 Internacional