This study joins the emerging de-Westernization discourse within communication studies and empirically compares the diversity of Ibero-American, Western, and regional journals at three different levels: authorship, editorial board membership, and citations. Our findings show that through low geopolitical diversity and high regional shares in authorship, editorial board membership, and citations, the Ibero-American region uses its structural, linguistic, and cultural resources to offer an alternative universe to mainstream English-based communication research. The article argues that the process of trailblazing the pathways to de-Westernizing communication scholarship is best accomplished when it is actively led by peripheral regions.
%0 Journal Article
%1 IJoC18485
%A Demeter, Marton
%A Goyanes, Manuel
%A Navarro, Federico
%A Mihalik, Judit
%A Mellado, Claudia
%D 2022
%J International Journal of Communication
%K citation-analysis de-westernization iberia latin-america portugal publishing spain
%P 3027-3046
%T Rethinking De-Westernization in Communication Studies: The Ibero-American Movement in International Publishing
%U https://ijoc.org/index.php/ijoc/article/view/18485
%V 16
%X This study joins the emerging de-Westernization discourse within communication studies and empirically compares the diversity of Ibero-American, Western, and regional journals at three different levels: authorship, editorial board membership, and citations. Our findings show that through low geopolitical diversity and high regional shares in authorship, editorial board membership, and citations, the Ibero-American region uses its structural, linguistic, and cultural resources to offer an alternative universe to mainstream English-based communication research. The article argues that the process of trailblazing the pathways to de-Westernizing communication scholarship is best accomplished when it is actively led by peripheral regions.
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abstract = {This study joins the emerging de-Westernization discourse within communication studies and empirically compares the diversity of Ibero-American, Western, and regional journals at three different levels: authorship, editorial board membership, and citations. Our findings show that through low geopolitical diversity and high regional shares in authorship, editorial board membership, and citations, the Ibero-American region uses its structural, linguistic, and cultural resources to offer an alternative universe to mainstream English-based communication research. The article argues that the process of trailblazing the pathways to de-Westernizing communication scholarship is best accomplished when it is actively led by peripheral regions.},
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author = {Demeter, Marton and Goyanes, Manuel and Navarro, Federico and Mihalik, Judit and Mellado, Claudia},
biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/2d49d4cca47442f149d0b102f355c16ba/jpooley},
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issn = {1932-8036},
journal = {International Journal of Communication},
keywords = {citation-analysis de-westernization iberia latin-america portugal publishing spain},
pages = {3027-3046},
timestamp = {2022-07-03T21:42:19.000+0200},
title = {Rethinking De-Westernization in Communication Studies: The Ibero-American Movement in International Publishing},
url = {https://ijoc.org/index.php/ijoc/article/view/18485},
volume = 16,
year = 2022
}