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A brief tour of the Participatory Communication Research in Latin America
Participatory communication as a social practice and as an object of study, has the particular feature being energized by social groups for purposes of mobilization of its members who, in an organized, managed, better living conditions, often in contradiction and struggle against established powers . It differs from informational practices that limit their action to the classic scheme transmissive linear and unidirectional sender, message, receiver (EMR). Despite the characteristics that identify the participatory approach of communication, it is noted that these are not sufficient to help clarify intentions academic and social goals and practices evidenced investigative analysis where the meanings are confusing and even contradictory. This state of the art includes a tour of different approaches that make participatory communication in Latin America and some of their special needs in order to provide conceptual construction in this area.
