Ricardo RamirezUniversity of Chile · Facultad de Comunicación e Imagen
Ricardo Ramirez
PhD in Media and Communications
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Introduction
I am a Postdoctoral Researcher at Facultad de Comunicación e Imagen, Universidad de Chile. I hold a PhD in Media and Communications from the University of Sussex and a MSc in Gender, Media and Culture from the London School of Economics and Political Science. I am a member of the research centre Núcleo de Investigación en Televisión y Sociedad (NITS Chile) and my research interests are: gender, sexuality, and media; uses of media and audience studies; and Latin American popular culture.
Education
February 2018 - February 2022
September 2014 - September 2015
March 2008 - December 2012
Publications
Publications (13)
This article offers an analysis of the ways in which 25 Chilean gays and lesbians interpreted national television’s representations of homosexuality. Through a thematic analysis of semi-structured interviews, it is shown that participants were highly critical of this visibility as they considered that national TV has historically depicted homosexua...
The inclusion of four gay characters in the telenovela Casa de Muñecos (2018-9) was an event that, until then, had not taken place in any other Chilean telenovela. Through a qualitative textual analysis of these figures, this article argues that the programme has strengthened a neoliberal discourse of personal responsibility that makes gay men not...
To connect is an integral part of the human experience. We are wired to make connections with other people, with things, with events; as well as between people, between things, and between events. At the same time that we are social (connected) beings, we also see (connecting) patterns everywhere. An opportunity to reconnect is an opportunity for a...
Ten years. A decade. Excursions’ tin anniversary is a major milestone that is certainly worth celebrating. We want to use this momentous occasion to take some time to reflect on where the journal has been, how far it has come, and where we go from here.
Telenovelas have been one of the main mechanisms by which Chilean television has made gay and lesbian identities visible. Through an analysis of over 50 gay or lesbian characters that have appeared on this type of programme from 1990 to 2018, it is argued that Chilean telenovelas have privileged representations of non-heterosexuals that do not dest...
Tras su llegada a Chile en 1843, la fotografía fue usada activamente por la elite, produciendo abundantes retratos personales y familiares y representaciones del territorio nacional. Mediante el análisis de estas imágenes, se argumenta que la fotografía contribuyó a la consolidación del patriciado, legitimando su posición preferente dentro de la so...
A través de un análisis de artículos de prensa sobre el Acuerdo de Unión Civil, esta ponencia busca explicar algunos discursos construidos alrededor de la diversidad sexual en Chile. Se argumenta que, a través de variadas estrategias, los artículos están (re)produciendo discursos que son funcionales a la mantención de estructuras sociales hegemónic...
