Media structure of social collectivities in Latin America: the case of Uruguay, Argentina, Ecuador and Bolivia

Los medios comunitarios, especialmente en el ámbito de la radio, son una tradición en América Latina y su aporte es muy significativo para la democracia y como forma de expresión de sectores de la población de menos recursos. Destacamos la situación en Uruguay, Argentina, Ecuador y Bolivia, cuyo impulso normativo lidera en el continente la democratización del acceso al espectro, aunque como hemos comprobado su desarrollo legislativo y estructural todavía no se ha completado. Dada esta premisa, las técnicas de investigación que se han manejado han sido el análisis documental de fuentes bibliográficas y hemerográficas, y la conversación personal directa.The existence of community media, especially in the field of radio, is a long tradition in Latin America and its contribution is very significant, both for democracy and forms of expression of vast sectors of the population with fewer resources. However, this reality has not always been accompanied by legal recognition by states as a sector with the same opportunities as public or private media. However, it is notorious that there has been a significant advance in the recognition of community media in the region. In this text we highlight the situation in Uruguay, Argentina, Ecuador and Bolivia, whose normative impulse leads in the continent the democratization of spectrum access, although as we have proven its legislative and structural development has not yet been completed. In the search for this reality in this text we have tried an inductive approach to our object of study with the intention of finding those elements that best allow us to describe and analyze it. Given this premise, the research techniques that have been handled have been, essentially, the documentary analysis of diverse sources, among them the bibliographic and the hemerographic ones, and the direct personal conversation.Ciencias de la Comunicació

Media structure of social collectivities in Latin America: the case of Uruguay, Argentina, Ecuador and Bolivia

Los medios comunitarios, especialmente en el ámbito de la radio, son una tradición en América Latina y su aporte es muy significativo para la democracia y como forma de expresión de sectores de la población de menos recursos. Destacamos la situación en Uruguay, Argentina, Ecuador y Bolivia, cuyo impulso normativo lidera en el continente la democratización del acceso al espectro, aunque como hemos comprobado su desarrollo legislativo y estructural todavía no se ha completado. Dada esta premisa, las técnicas de investigación que se han manejado han sido el análisis documental de fuentes bibliográficas y hemerográficas, y la conversación personal directa.The existence of community media, especially in the field of radio, is a long tradition in Latin America and its contribution is very significant, both for democracy and forms of expression of vast sectors of the population with fewer resources. However, this reality has not always been accompanied by legal recognition by states as a sector with the same opportunities as public or private media. However, it is notorious that there has been a significant advance in the recognition of community media in the region. In this text we highlight the situation in Uruguay, Argentina, Ecuador and Bolivia, whose normative impulse leads in the continent the democratization of spectrum access, although as we have proven its legislative and structural development has not yet been completed. In the search for this reality in this text we have tried an inductive approach to our object of study with the intention of finding those elements that best allow us to describe and analyze it. Given this premise, the research techniques that have been handled have been, essentially, the documentary analysis of diverse sources, among them the bibliographic and the hemerographic ones, and the direct personal conversation.Ciencias de la Comunicació