No. 5 (2017): Crisis and communicative process

The late 2000s marked the beginning of a process of political, economic and social transformation and upheaval across borders. As a result of the collapse of the financial markets, a rapid profusion of scenarios of corporate bankruptcy, bankruptcy of countries and collective redundancies became clear throughout the world. In response, the contexts of social contestation multiplied, with new models of action and new actors. At the same time, in North Africa and the Middle East, the awakening of a spring of beliefs and ideals was accompanied by the awakening of new groups and the promotion of new tensions, the outcome of which is evident in the proliferation of contexts of conflict, the extermination of the cultural bases of their peoples and the genesis of a paradigmatic humanitarian crisis. As a corollary to the promotion of political tensions, South America has seen itself taken over by a series of political crises that persist today. Inserted in a framework of constant technological updating and, itself, hostage to a crisis situation, communication has taken on a central role in the unfolding of each of these processes. Assuming the central role of narrative of events, it has seen new models of journalism take place and the emergence of new sources and new practices, in the organization of different events; it has seen the emergence of new strategies and new means; and, in contingency and the resolution of risks and threats, it has seen the emergence of new tools and new problems.