Newsletter #2: Researching for Influence

There’s a new edition of our newsletter in which we highlight the importance of researching for influence.

We invite you to read Newsletter #2 on convergent regulation in communications, where we address the importance of researching for influence and our study on the regulation of the Internet, in which Chiara Sáez, Patricia Peña and Javier García examine the challenges to freedom of expression online in a social crisis context using the 2019 social outburst as a case study. You will also find a note about the first report of the Advisory Commission Against Disinformation, of which the academic at Universidad de Chile and co-researcher of the Fondecyt project Patricia Peña Miranda is a member.

Additionally, we analyze the status of public cultural policies in the country after an invitation extended to researcher Chiara Sáez to participate in the drafting committee of the next Chilean report on compliance with the UNESCO Convention on Cultural Diversity, as well as regulatory changes in the CNTV, for which researcher Javier García presented before a parliamentary commission. We finish with a series of recommended readings that help learn more about pluralism, regulation and technomedia governance.

As pointed out in our last editorial, research in communication already has a substantial level of academic and scientific maturity in Chile. However, the generated knowledge must not remain encapsulated only in the university space: being able to influence public policymakers and public opinion generators is urgent and important in order to contribute seriousness to the circulating debates.

Read it here.