Tendências das publicações especializadas no campo da educomunicação e alfabetização midiática na américa latina

This study analyzed recent research trends in communication research published in nine leading communication journals in Latin America. A literature review of scientific articles published between 2013 and 2017 was conducted using the Scopus database. A database query was run, together with the systematization of data using bibliographic management software and qualitative content analysis of selective texts using the QDA software NVivo 11. A total of 167 articles addressing the themes educommunication, media literacy, and transmedia narrative were analyzed. The majority of articles were written by individual authors belonging to a single institution and country, with emphasis on Brazil and Spain. With respect to content, the predominant themes were media and digital environments and the majority of studies used a qualitative approach.