The Camel, the Lion and the Boy: The Path to Mediatization in Latin American Communication Research

Authors

Pedro Gilbert Gomes S. J., Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos

Table of Contents

Editor’s Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

The Camel, the Lion and the Boy:

The path to mediatization in Latin American

Communication Research . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

1. The Camel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

A. Harold Lasswell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

B. Shannon and Weaver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

C. Wilbur Schramm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

D. Redundancy and feedback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

2. The Lion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10

A. A brief summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12

3. The Boy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14

A. Luíz Ramiro Beltrán

and “Farewell to Aristotle” . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15

4. A Conclusion:

A New Understanding of Mediatization . . . . . . .18

References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22

Book Reviews . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24

Recommended Citation

Gomes, Pedro Gilbert S. J. (2024) "The Camel, the Lion and the Boy: The Path to Mediatization in Latin American Communication Research," Communication Research Trends: Vol. 43: No. 1, Article 1.
Available at: https://scholarcommons.scu.edu/crt/vol43/iss1/1