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*Anuario electrónico de estudios en Comunicación Social "Disertaciones"*

https://revistas.urosario.edu.co/index.php/disertaciones/index

/Articles for Volume 12, Issue 1 (Jan-Jun 2019), on the topic of 
Communication and Mobile Devices/


This issue of /Disertaciones /welcomes results of empirical academic 
research relating to communication with mobile devices. Consumption of 
informative and audiovisual content through smartphones and tablets has 
increased continually since the beginning of this decade. Access to 
journalistic content through mobile platforms has grown for five 
straight years (Digital News Report, 2016) and with the expansion of 
Wi-Fi networks and 4G technology, smart phones are increasingly used for 
the consumption of videos, mini-documentaries, programs, web series, 
etc., published on YouTube or shared over other platforms.

The broadcast model is undeniably in crisis as television stations lose 
audience (Carlón; Scolari, 2009) and watchers prefer to view audiovisual 
content on Netflix or Youtube. This does not mean that people will 
longer gather together around media screens (television, computer, or 
smart phone) to watch events of exceptional importance such as sports 
championships or the speech of a new president. In this regard, Scolari 
(2015) proposes “post-broadcast television” (though not without 
broadcast television). One of the characteristics of this new era is the 
appearance of hybrid practices that conflate elements of broadcasting 
with non-broadcast networks. Content shared by any citizen can go viral 
in a question of minutes over a connective and interactive network 
(Castells, 2009).

Social media and the widespread use of apps (applications) are other 
aspects of mobile communication subject to a great deal of research as 
elements of the new media ecology (Strate, 1999, 2006; De Kerckhove, 
1999), whose researchers build on the work of their predecessors in the 
first wave of media ecology (McLuhan, 1964; Postman, 1970). In recent 
years, scholars engaged in this area of research have demonstrated 
special interest in multimedia and interactive narratives, offering 
different analyses of transmedia convergence and of these narratives 
(Jenkins, 2006).

The centrality of the fourth monitor in recent years testifies to a 
social and cultural change that began with digitization, the development 
of information technology, and the creation of the Web (Lévy, 1999), a 
change that favors mobility, connectivity, and interactivity.

In Journalism studies, in particular, there has been research on content 
production for tablets and iPads (Cunha, 2011; Belochio, 2012; Lima, 
2012; Valentini, 2012; Barbosa, 2013), and there has been some analysis 
of the evolution of journalistic expression on mobile platforms (Cebrián 
y Flores, 2011; Canavilhas y Santana, 2011) and on the content demands 
of mobile device users (Kormelink y Meijer, 2014).

/Disertaciones /hopes that this monographic issue will help deepen these 
reflections, and invites the academic community to contribute with 
empirical studies (quantitative, qualitative, or experimental) that 
allow us to advance in our knowledge of research on mobile 
communication. Contributions in the following areas are welcome:

1. The adoption and adaptation of mobile applications for content 
production and distribution (photographs, videos, etc.). We hope to 
receive research reports that relate communication or journalism with 
apps like WhattsApp, Periscope, or Snapchat.

2. Usability and user experience with native journalistic products for 
mobile devices.

3. Business models developed by communication companies specifically for 
smartphone and tablet.

4. Immersive and interactive narratives for mobile devices created by 
leading laboratories for innovative communication in different 
countries, such as those focusing on multimedia and transmedia.

5. New advertising for users of the fourth monitor who want more 
interactive content.

6. New entertainment industry products such as games, films, or 
animations that explore interactive and immersive elements.

7. The architecture of informational content specifically oriented 
toward the fourth monitor.

8. Apps for sending group or interpersonal messages, such as WhatsApp 
and Telegram, that are widely used by social movements to organize 
demonstrations, debate ideas, or disseminate content.

*Deadline: * 15/09/2017

*Coordinated by* Jesús Miguel Flores Vivar (Universidad Complutense de 
Madrid, España) -(jmflores /at/ ccinf.ucm.es)- and Juliana Colussi (Universidad 
del Rosario, Colombia) -(juliana.colussi /at/ urosario.edu.co)-.

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