As a researcher, I have the interest in the theoretical development of the communication systems concept as an outcome of empirical observations. It is tough—or maybe impossible—to observe all the communication systems of the world. Therefore, I decided to focus on the local communication system of Guadalajara, a Mexican city with almost five million inhabitants and where I have resided most of my life. Through this research, I seek to demonstrate the pertinence of selecting a local object of study that can establish an academic dialogue with other levels, such as national or global communication systems.
The observations on the history, structure, and operation of Guadalajara’s communication system embodies the construction of a map that is always changing and, as the time passes, this chart tends to be more complicated. Although the majority of the articles on this page were written for journalistic publications, I have been working towards academic research that allows me to achieve the theorization state of the media systems concept.
Communication System Structure
Muñoz, A., Gomez García, R., & Larrosa-Fuentes, J. S. (2022). Government, Politics and Regulation (p. 47). Democracy Institute’s Center for Media, Data and Society; OBSERVACOM; Universidad de Santiago de Compostela. https://cmds.ceu.edu/gobierno-politica-y-regulacion-0
Larrosa-Fuentes, J. S. (2018). Analyzing Spatialization in Newspapers’ Production: A Case Study of Guadalajara’s Daily Press. International Journal of Communication, 12, 3473–3489. Retrieved from http://ijoc.org/index.php/ijoc/article/view/7836
Larrosa-Fuentes, J. S. (2016). Three Conjunctures that Modified the Newspapers and Television Ownership and Control Curing Panistas Governments in Jalisco. (Spanish) In J. S. Larrosa-Fuentes & J. E. Rocha Quintero (Eds.), 18 Years of Panista’s Governments in Jalisco: Seven Academic Essays (Spanish)(pp. 91–102). Tlaquepaque: ITESO.
Larrosa-Fuentes, J. S. (2015, Marzo 29). Journalism in Crisis and the Risks of Voting without Information. (Spanish). Revista Colibrí.
Larrosa-Fuentes, J. S. (2013). About the Gaps in the Legislation of the Mexican Press: Relations between Media and Power. (Spanish)La Jornada Jalisco, p. 5. Guadalajara.
Larrosa-Fuentes, J. S. (2012). History, structure, production, and financing of Guadalajara’s newspapers: 1990-2012. (Spanish) University of Guadalajara, Guadalajara.
Larrosa-Fuentes, J. S. (2012). Dispersal and Decentralization of a Local Communication Network: A Proposal to Strengthen the Development of Public Opinion in Mexico. In M. de los A. Mascott Sánchez & G. Meixueiro Nájera, National Award for Social Research and Public Opinion 2011(pp. 291–314). México: Center for Social Studies and Public Opinion.
Labor within the Communication System
Larrosa-Fuentes, J. S. (2013). S. O. S. Journalists in Danger of Extinction. (Spanish) Auto-Referential System.
Larrosa-Fuentes, J. S. (2010). Labor conditions of Jalisco’s Journalists. (Spanish) Auto-Referential System.
Newspapers
Larrosa-Fuentes, J. S. (2018). Journalistic Narratives and Collective Memory of an Urban Catastrophe: The Case of the April 22 Explosions in Guadalajara’s Newspapers. Comunicación y Sociedad, 0(31). Retrieved from http://www.comunicacionysociedad.cucsh.udg.mx/index.php/comsoc/article/view/6872
Larrosa-Fuentes, J. S. (2014). The Structure of Guadalajara’s Newspapers Industry (1990-2010) (Spanish). In F. Aceves González & F. Hernández (Eds.), Emerging approaches to the study of communication (pp. 41–70). Guadalajara: Universidad de Guadalajara.
Acosta Garcia, R., Larrosa-Fuentes, J. S., & Paláu Cardona, S. (2014). Public Decisions without Public Dialogue: Case Study of the Via Express in Guadalajara’s Newspapers. (Spanish) Comunicación y Sociedad, (21), 139–159.
Larrosa-Fuentes, J. S. (2014). La Crónica de Hoy Jalisco, Local Journalism, Foreign Capital. (Spanish) Auto-Referential System.
Larrosa-Fuentes, J. S. (2013). Attacks on a Local Newspaper and the Freedom of Speech. (Spanish) Auto-Referential System.
Larrosa-Fuentes, J. S. (2013). 15 Years of Mural in Guadalajara. (Spanish) Auto-Referential System.
Larrosa-Fuentes, J. S. (2011). Ocho Columnas. (Spanish) Auto-Referential System.
Larrosa-Fuentes, J. S. (2010). Who Stands for the Newspapers’ Cultural Sections? A Debate Between Producers and Consumers. (Spanish) Auto-Referential System.
Larrosa-Fuentes, J. S. (2010). Wrong Journalistic Practices, Ethics, and Criminalization of Social Demonstrations. (Spanish) Auto-Referential System.
Larrosa-Fuentes, J. S. (2010). Opinion Pages in Guadalajara’s Newspapers. (Spanish) Auto-Referential System.
Larrosa-Fuentes, J. S. (2010). Newspapers’ Economic Crisis and Quality of the News. (Spanish) Auto-Referential System.
Larrosa-Fuentes, J. S. (2007). Election Process of Jalisco’s Ombudsman. Chronicle of Events and Analysis of Actors and Institutions. (Spanish) In Evaluation of the Election Process of Jalisco’s Ombudsman, 2007 (pp. 170–183). Guadalajara: CEPAD.
Radio
Larrosa-Fuentes, J. S. (2011). Cultural Industries and Children. 10 Years of the Radio Show “Colorful Dimension.” (Spanish) Auto-Referential System.
Larrosa-Fuentes, J. S. (2011). The Radio, The Underutilized Media in Guadalajara (Spanish) Auto-Referential System.
Television
Larrosa-Fuentes, J. S. (2014). Unknown Earth: The Jalisco’s TV Consumption. (Spanish) Auto-Referential System.
Larrosa-Fuentes, J. S. (2010). An Opportunity to Balance Guadalajara’s Television System.
(Spanish) Auto-Referential System.
Public Media (Radio and Television)
Larrosa-Fuentes, J. S. (2014). C7 or the disdain for the audience. Sistema Autorreferencial.
Larrosa-Fuentes, J. S. (2013). Changes in Guadalajara’s Public Media. (Spanish) Auto-Referential System.
Larrosa-Fuentes, J. S. (2013). C7 (Public Television Channel) or the Unfulfilled Commitments. (Spanish) Auto-Referential System.
Larrosa-Fuentes, J. S. (2012). The Struggle for Jalisco’s Public Media: Between the Political Control and the Citizen Control. (Spanish) Auto-Referential System.
Film
Larrosa-Fuentes, J. S. (2013). The Guadalajara’s International Film Festival and the Cultural Industries. (Spanish) Auto-Referential System.