Sociologia de la comunicació

Abstract

This article traces sociological studies on communication that have been car - ried out in Valencian sociology departments in recent decades. The perspective adopted is limited to academics and knowledge transfer. The authors consider that much of the work described in other articles of the present monograph also falls under the category of sociological study of communication. After describing the origins of this area of research and the contributions of the first generation of Valencian sociologists, the article covers the main points of R. Xambós doctoral dissertation on the Valencian communication system. From this corpus of material, the best research has been selected and organiz - ed, according to the interest of the authors, into three areas: local studies, news studies, and structural and interpretive analysis of the public.