What is next for de-westernizing communication studies?

Academic Production and Collaboration Among BRICS-Based Researchers: How Far Can the “De-Westernization” of Communication and Media Studies Go?

“…Fourth, this article did not investigate publications by BRICS researchers in outlets not indexed in the SJR. In fact, journals not included in the ranking may also publish relevant research, regardless of language barriers )Ganter & Ortega, 2019( and lack of funding ) Waisbord, 2022(. Future research must promote qualitative analyses )interviews with researchers, editors, and members of editorial boards( to enable us to understand the structures shaping academic production in each region. For example, these interviews can identify the several meanings the term "de-Westernization" has acquired in Global South countries, helping elucidate specific insertion strategies in "elite" academic environments.…”

“…Fourth, this article did not investigate publications by BRICS researchers in outlets not indexed in the SJR. In fact, journals not included in the ranking may also publish relevant research, regardless of language barriers (Ganter & Ortega, 2019) and lack of funding (Waisbord, 2022).…”

“…In short, the notion of de-Westernization constitutes a movement aimed at recognizing traditions that have been systematically neglected in mainstream literature ) Cheruiyot & Ferrer-Conill, 2021;Mitchelstein & Boczkowski, 2021( besides reflecting on the conditions to criticize the so-called intellectual ethnocentrism ) Mutsvairo et al, 2021(. Dialoguing only with specific Western groups limits the potential of new advancements as it dismisses production routines, phenomena, and references that constitute our diversity of knowledge ) Ekdale et al, 2022;Waisbord, 2022(.…”

“…Among the explanatory factors behind this phenomenon are limitations in English language proficiency (Livingstone, 2007; Suzina, 2021), the hegemony of academics working for American and European institutions on editorial boards (Albuquerque et al, 2020), and scarce funding available in developing countries (Oliveira et al, 2021). If geographic diversity is crucial to fostering a true sense of international academic community (Ganter & Ortega, 2019; Waisbord, 2022), what has been done to dismantle the Western canon in Communication and Media studies (Mohammed, 2022)?…”

Towards inclusive international environmental communication scholarship: The role of Latin America

“…At the same time, Latin American researchers continue to criticize a vertical and unidirectional model of communication, an emphasis on technological determinism, the lack of support to materialize communication proposals, the imposition of an excessively technical language, and the lack of participation of communities in democratic processes, particularly Indigenous groups (del Valle, 2019). Calls to de-westernize communication scholarship (as a process more than an end goal) and recognize the positionality of knowledge producers certainly apply to Latin America, although this process has been taking place to a certain extent in the region for decades with the inclusion of some Indigenous considerations in research (Waisbord, 2022).…”