Latin American immigrants in global cities: Interdisciplinary approaches to the analysis of communication, media and cultural practices

Authors

  • Jessica Retis California State University Northridge (Estados Unidos)

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.26439/contratexto2018.n030.3147

Abstract

The study of communication, media and cultural practices in diasporic contexts gives rise to a series of theoretical and methodological challenges. The current article examines these challenges and argues how interdisciplinary approaches constitute an enriching assembly which enables us to analyze and understand the process of arrival and settlement of Latin American immigrants in global cities. The compared study of Latin American diasporas and the media in urban environments also enables the identification of present trends. Migration and media studies function as a starting point towards identifying the critical analysis of the transnational condition among Latin Americans who reside in cities outside their region. We analyze how the genesis and consolidation of transnational and translocal audiences have been recognized by both the advertising market and private industries. Despite this, public administrations from countries of origin and destination still neglect their study.

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Author Biography

  • Jessica Retis, California State University Northridge (Estados Unidos)

    Bachiller en Comunicación por la Universidad de Lima, magíster en Estudios Latinoamericanos por la Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México y doctora en Estudios Latinoamericanos Contemporáneos por la Universidad Complutense de Madrid. Es profesora asociada de periodismo y comunicaciones en el Departamento de Periodismo de la California State University Northridge. Sus investigaciones giran en torno a la migración latinoamericana, las diásporas y los medios, la economía política de medios, los latinos en Estados Unidos y las industrias culturales latinoa­mericanas, y la historia de los medios latinos en Estados Unidos, Europa y Asia.

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Published

2018-12-12

Issue

No. 030 (2018): Comunicación, ciudad y espacio público

Section

Dossier: Comunicación, ciudad y espacio público

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