A Brief History of the Latin American Academy of Communication

摘要

Several Latin American communication scholars and researchers have aspired to extend their political-administrative career at the International Association for Mass Communication Research (IAMCR). At the organization's 40th anniversary meeting (in Oaxaca, Mexico), the meeting's planner, Carmen Gomez Mont, a leading Mexican researcher and then Director of the School of Communication at the Universidad Ibero-americana, sought a leading position in the IAMCR. Notwithstanding the planning work and the substantial budget for the Congress, Gomez Mont failed to secure election to the managers of the IAMCR, composed mainly of U.S. and European scholars and researchers.