Available new volume of Comunicação e Sociedade on “Epistemology and methodologies in communication”

Comunicação e Sociedade, 33, edited by Sandra Marinho and Miguel Vicente Mariño, dedicated to the theme “Epistemology and methodologies in communication”, is available in open access.

This issue of Comunicação e Sociedade is “underpinned by this intellectual position and offers a relevant collection of articles that explore several core aspects required to conduct well-founded studies. Furthering our relationship as Media and Communication scholars with the way that we design and apply our research is essential to strengthen our field’s institutional position. The social conditions of knowledge production have turned into an appealing object of enquiry, claiming the need for epistemological reflection regarding research with a broader focus on social phenomena: short-term targets must be complemented by more in-depth analysis about what, why and how we select and approach research topics, questions and hypotheses”, explain the authors.

“Conducting research in a technologically-advanced domain cannot mean leaving behind some of the main and broader philosophical questions about our role as social scientists and intellectuals. Consequently, it is still necessary to claim the need for relevant approaches to Epistemology and Methodologies, as a way to extract ourselves from regular routines in our scientific practices and institutional demands that affect the daily lives of most scholars worldwide”, they point out.

Technical Data
Title: Epistemology and methodologies in communication
Journal editor: Moisés de Lemos Martins
Associate editor: Manuel Pinto
Volume Editors – June 2018: Sandra Marinho and Miguel Vicente Mariño
Graphic Director and Digital Editiing: Pedro Portela
Editorial Assistant: Zara Pinto-Coelho
Graphic Assistant: Ricardina Magalhães