Dasniel Olivera Pérez

Dasniel Olivera Pérez
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México | UNAM · Centre of Sociological Studies

Doctor of Political and Social Sciences

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September 2006 - January 2020
University of Havana
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Publications (58)
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This paper analyzes the relationship between media and politics in Cuba during the presidency of Raúl Castro (2006–2018). It contributes to the theoretical discussion about the approaches concerning change and continuity in media systems with empirical evidence from interviews with communication and political science experts, and an analysis of non...
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The current text systematizes international theoretical discussions related to information and communication access rights, as warrantors of life in democracy and the exercise of other civil, political, social and cultural rights. In its condition of interdependent and transversal rights, they substantially contribute to diversify the citizenship n...
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In the last five years there has been a growing and unprecedented debate in Cuban society about the being and the must be of journalism and the need to reconfigure the media system. Political, professional and academic voices have participated in this discussion. This article discusses positioning and state intervention in the media, the need for l...
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This paper examines journalistic role performance in coverage of the COVID-19 pandemic, based on a content analysis of newspaper, television, radio and online news in 37 countries. We test a set of hypotheses derived from two perspectives on the role of journalism in health crises. Mediatization theories assume that news media tend to sensationaliz...
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BREVE RECUENTO DE LA INVESTIGACIÓN EN COMUNICACIÓN EN CUBA Y SUS ACTORES PRINCIPALES.BREVE RECUENTO DE LA INVESTIGACIÓN EN COMUNICACIÓN EN CUBA Y SUS ACTORES PRINCIPALES.DIFICULTADES DE LA INVESTIGACIÓN EN COMUNICACIÓN. RETOS Y PERSPECTIVAS.
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Redes.Com Nº 6 343 La investigación en Comunicación. Su lugar en Cuba Hilda SALADRIGAS MEDINA Dasniel OLIVERA PÉREZ ABSTRACT. Communication research in Cuba dating back to the thirties of the twentieth century. Its evolution has gone through various stages and in which there have been expansions and contradictions, a distinctly applied and a contex...
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Tomando como base los supuestos teóricos de la Teoría de la Estructuración de Antony Giddens y de los campos de Pierre Bourdieu, así como la concepción teórico-metodológica de los estudios latinoamericanos sobre el campo de la comunicación social, el presente artículo realiza una rápida mirada al campo de la comunicación social en Cuba en el períod...
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En el año 2004, se inicia la investigación: “Campo de la Comunicación Social, particularidades en Cuba”, como parte de la Línea de investigación “Estudios teóricos de la comunicación y la información” de la Facultad de Comunicación de la Universidad de la Habana con el propósito de atender necesidades profesionales de docentes, estudiosos y gestore...
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El objetivo del artículo es identificar los factores habilitantes de las conexiones entre concepción y percepción de las prácticas de los roles periodísticos, que comparten miembros de dos medios digitales orientados al periodismo de investigación en países latinoamericanos con sis­temas mediáticos diferentes, Quinto Elemento, en México y Periodism...
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p>Studies suggest that, at the routine level, news beats function as unique “micro-cultures.” Exploring this “particularist” approach in news content, we compare how the interventionist, watchdog, loyal, service, infotainment, and civic roles materialize across 11 thematic news beats and analyze the moderating effect of platforms, ownership, and le...
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p>Studies suggest that, at the routine level, news beats function as unique “micro-cultures.” Exploring this “particularist” approach in news content, we compare how the interventionist, watchdog, loyal, service, infotainment, and civic roles materialize across 11 thematic news beats and analyze the moderating effect of platforms, ownership, and le...
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Studies suggest that, at the routine level, news beats function as unique “micro-cultures.” Exploring this “particularist” approach in news content, we compare how the interventionist, watchdog, loyal, service, infotainment, and civic roles materialize across 11 thematic news beats and analyze the moderating effect of platforms, ownership, and leve...
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The shifting role of journalism in a digital age has affected long-standing journalistic norms across media platforms. This has reinvigorated discussion on how work in online newsrooms compares to other platforms that differ in media affordances and forms. Still, more studies are needed on whether those differences translate into distinct practices...
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Redes.Com Nº 6 343 La investigación en Comunicación. Su lugar en Cuba Hilda SALADRIGAS MEDINA Dasniel OLIVERA PÉREZ ABSTRACT. Communication research in Cuba dating back to the thirties of the twentieth century. Its evolution has gone through various stages and in which there have been expansions and contradictions, a distinctly applied and a contex...
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El COVID-19 ha visibilizado las inequidades sistémicas, multiplicado las condiciones de vulnerabilidad y descubierto la incapacidad de numerosas instituciones públicas para responder a la pandemia. El objetivo del presente trabajo fue analizar y contextualizar la gestión de la crisis sanitaria en Cuba, así como la atención a grupos vulnerables dura...
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En Cuba la investigación científica durante la pandemia ha sido uno de los pilares fundamentales en la estrategia para combatir la propagación del virus. Entre los ámbitos más necesarios para la gestión estatal de la crisis figura la Comunicación Social, en la que ha sido vital la actuación del gobierno en todos sus niveles, del Ministerio de Salud...
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Introducción: El sistema de medios cubano durante la presidencia de Raúl Castro (2006-2018) se ha caracterizado por la pérdida del monopolio estatal-partidista y el descentramiento en la producción y distribución de comunicación. En este contexto de cambios, se analizan las relaciones entre los componentes del sistema mediático que definen la profe...
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El artículo tiene como objetivo analizar los indicadores asociados al bienestar materno-infantil en los protocolos cubanos de actuación para la Covid-19. Con este fin, se realizó un análisis cualitativo de contenido que combinó una lógica deductiva derivada de la revisión bibliográfica de la literatura sobre bienestar materno-infantil y experiencia...
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The COVID-19 pandemic has prompted a unique global experience, arousing both exclusionary nationalistic and inclusionary responses of solidarity. This article aims to explore the discursive and linguistic means by which the COVID-19 pandemic, as a macro-event, has been translated into local micro-events. The analysis studies the global pandemic thr...
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El libro, en una primera parte, desarrolla el apartado teórico en el que se analizan las corrientes internacionales que toman como foco el estudio comparativo del periodismo y los modelos de formación (pre)profesionales; así como la significación de las investigaciones nacionales y locales para proveer una interpretación integral de la educación en...
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The COVID-19 pandemic has prompted a unique global experience, arousing both exclusionary nationalistic and inclusionary responses of solidarity. This article aims to explore the discursive and linguistic means by which the COVID-19 pandemic, as a macro-event, has been translated into local micro-events. The analysis studies the global pandemic thr...
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Beyond Journalistic Norms contests and challenges pre-established assumptions about a dominant type of journalism prevailing in different political, economic, and geographical contexts, to posit the hybrid, fluid and dynamic nature of journalistic roles. The book brings together scholars from Western and Eastern Europe, North America, Latin Americ...
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The present paper aims to explore by which discursive and linguistic means the COVID-19-pandemic as a macro event has been translated into local micro events and to point to similarities and differences by comparing the initial statements by leading political actors from 29 countries across four continents. The comparative analysis is based on the...
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Considering the multiple factors and conditions involved in news production, this chapter analyzes the ways in which the watchdog and the loyal-facilitator roles materialize in news content worldwide. We have identified two sub-dimensions of watchdog and loyal facilitator roles. We observe detached and interventionist approaches to the monitoring f...
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Cuba se encuentra actualmente inmersa en un proceso de reforma constitucional que apunta hacia importantes cambios económicos, políticos y sociales. La consulta popular, como un acto de amplia participación en el país, se inserta en un contexto de profundas transformaciones en el sistema mediático cubano, que propone una mirada más crítica a los te...
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Based on a standardized operationalization of the watchdog, civic, interventionist, loyal-facilitator, infotainment, and service roles, this study combines survey ( N = 643) and content analysis data ( N = 19,908) to explain gaps between newspaper journalists’ role conceptions and the performance of their press organizations in nine countries from...
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The pre-professional journalistic culture of Ecuador, Cuba and Venezuela is studied based on the perception that students of Social Communication and Journalism have about the professional roles of journalists and their motivations, expectations and professional experiences. For this analysis, a total of 1273 students from 21 universities enrolled...
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The present paper aims to explore by which discursive and linguistic means the COVID-19-pandemic as a macro event has been translated into local micro events and to point to similarities and differences by comparing the initial statements by leading political actors from 29 countries across four continents. The comparative analysis is based on the...
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El artículo plantea que el carácter eurocéntrico de la comunicación y la profesión periodística en América Latina es un fenómeno palpable, constituido en base a modelos de pensamiento académicos y científicos occidentales. De ahí que, como parte de la crítica decolonial, se presente el paradigma periodismo-otro como la posibilidad de ‘descolonizar’...
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This paper analyses the pre-professional journalistic culture of Ecuador, Cuba and Venezuela based on the degree of permissiveness held by Journalism students in regard to controversial ethical practices and their views of the media and the journalistic profession. We surveyed a probabilistic sample of 1,273 students from 21 universities enrolled o...
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This paper analyses the pre-professional journalistic culture of Ecuador, Cuba and Venezuela based on the degree of permissiveness held by Journalism students in regard to controversial ethical practices and their views of the media and the journalistic profession. We surveyed a probabilistic sample of 1,273 students from 21 universities enrolled o...
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This study proposes the interventionist and the detached orientations to watchdog journalism through the conceptual lens of journalistic role performance. Based on a content analysis of 33,640 news stories from sixty-four media outlets in eighteen countries, we measure and compare both orientations across different countries using three performativ...
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The Report of the Worlds of Journalism Study Latin American and Caribbean network is ready. The overview of topics of concern to Journalism and Journalism Studies in the region is a valuable joint contribution, as are the individual analyses of each country which are the work of each country coordinator or team. · Feel free to download and share.
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This article presents a comparative analysis of the pre-professional journalistic cultures of Ecuador, Cuba and Venezuela focused the aspects that motivate students of Journalism and/or Social Communication to pursue these careers and their expectations and professional experiences. In the fieldwork, 1273 students from 21 universities enrolled in J...
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Este trabajo parte del proyecto “Culturas Periodísticas Preprofesionales en Cuba”, anclado, a su vez, al estudio comparativo entre este país, Venezuela y Ecuador. Como referencia para esta investigación internacional se partió de los proyectos Worlds of journalism Study (WJS) y Journalism Students Across the Globe, así como de las publicaciones que...
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Los trabajos publicados en este libro ofrecen un análisis del periodismo en Cuba que va más allá de sus fronteras e, incluso, del propio periodismo. Un ejercicio de reflexión y autocrítica profesional y académica que parte de un paradigma en el que se re-evaluan todos los esquemas formales y comunicacionales de las estructuras mediáticas, educativa...
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En el año 2004, se inicia la investigación: “Campo de la Comunicación Social, particularidades en Cuba”, como parte de la Línea de investigación “Estudios teóricos de la comunicación y la información” de la Facultad de Comunicación de la Universidad de la Habana con el propósito de atender necesidades profesionales de docentes, estudiosos y gestore...
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El mapa conceptual de la comunicación propuesto en este capítulo se explica a partir de la noción de cultura no solo desde su naturaleza antropológica, sino como mediadora en la producción y el intercambio simbólico en la sociedad cubana, lo que favorece la posibilidad de comprender tanto los procesos comunicativos como los culturales. Así que, sig...
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En los últimos años, el debate sobre los medios en Cuba ha tomado una cariz particular porque así lo ha marcado el cambiante contexto socio-político, económico y comunicativo de la isla. Legalidad, ideologización, ciudadanía, publicaciones emergentes y vías informales de circulación de contenidos informativos son algunos de los temas más recurrente...
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The curricular design of the most recent curricula of the career of journalism in Cuba from 2007 to date is analyzed, taking as a case study the University of Havana, the guiding center of the university education of this specialty in the country. The review of scientific literature integrates international and national references around the theory...
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Este capítulo muestra los resultados referidos al perfil, la formación y el consumo mediático de los estudiantes de Periodismo y Comunicación Social en Cuba, Ecuador y Venezuela procedentes del estudio Culturas Periodísticas Pre-profesionales, llevado a cabo en estos tres países de forma simultánea desde junio de 2015 y que, a su vez, forma parte d...
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El periodismo iberoamericano a lo largo de las últimas cinco décadas ha afianzado su marco identitario, claramente diferenciado de un tipo de periodismo estándar procedente del hemisferio norte, fundamentalmente de Europa y Estados Unidos, asimilado hasta hoy día como modelo o prototipo ideal. Este giro paradójico, afianzador de la conciencia de un...
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La Economía Política de la Comunicación proporciona la plataforma teórica para comprender el movimiento cinematográfico cubano desde el concepto de industria cultural. La concepción fundacional del ICAIC respecto al cine como un hecho artístico más que económico resulta coherente con la condición improductiva del trabajo y el alto valor social que...
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The present book is the result of the line of research called Academic and Professional Field of Communication in Cuba that is developed at the School of Communication of the University of Havana since year 2005 as well as of its national and international resultant academic collaboration that has brought about the participation of different academ...
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From a theoretical perspective the present contribution concentrates on exposing the importance and necessity of developing systematic strategies of research evaluation to improve management in the Cuban communication field. The evaluation of the topic is briefly addressed by emphasizing Social Sciences. This paper also presents the potentialities...
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Comparative research across the world has shown that nation-level variables are strong predictors of professional roles in journalism. There is, however, still insufficient comparative research about three key issues: cross-national comparison of journalistic role performance, exploration of how – or whether – organizational variables account for v...
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El campo académico de la comunicación en América Latina: una mirada a la reflexión sobre la formación universitaria de postgrado 1 El campo académico de la comunicación en América Latina: una mirada a la reflexión sobre la formación universitaria de postgrado Autor: MSc. Dasniel Olivera Pérez, Facultad de Comunicación, Universidad de La Habana, Cub...

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