Teses e dissertações defendidas no Brasil (1992-2012): um mapa da pesquisa em comunicação e política

Abstract

This report proposes an initial analysis of data collected for the Permanent Directory of Theses and Dissertations from Compolítica, the Brazilian Association of Political Communication Scholars. The Directory is a digital repository of research content related to the topic, with institutional and comprehensive scope, that is, open to new submissions. From an initial corpus of over 600 titles already registered in the database, this article aims to provide a preliminary examination of postgraduate research produced in the country in the disciplinary interface of Communication and Politics, focusing on the period 1992-2012, in which the data is concentrated and when there is higher output available. The purpose of this study, therefore, is to discuss the themes, institutions and researchers and map, through them, the conformation of the field of Communication and Politics in Brazil, comprising the networks of researchers, their ties and influences, as well as their historical and institutional trends.

Keywords

• the Brazilian Association of Political Communication Scholars. The Directory is a digital repository of research content related to the topic
• with institutional and comprehensive scope
• that is
• open to new submissions. From an initial corpus of over 600 titles already registered in the database
• this article aims to provide a preliminary examination of postgraduate research produced in the country in the disciplinary interface of Communication and Politics
• focusing on the period 1992-2012
• in which the data is concentrated and when there is higher output available. The purpose of this study
• therefore
• is to discuss the themes
• institutions and researchers and map
• through them
• the conformation of the field of Communication and Politics in Brazil
• comprising the networks of researchers
• their ties and influences
• Political communication
• theses and dissertations
• Compolítica