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InMediaciones de la Comunicación is a refereed, open access and non-profit academic journal published since 1998 by the Universidad ORT Uruguay.

The journal's purpose focuses on the publication of original articles and/or reviews and the dissemination of interviews, essays and research results in the field of communication and related disciplines, with special attention to social mediatisation processes and the study of contemporary media phenomena. The content aims at researchers, teachers, undergraduate and graduate university students and everyone with an interest in all areas of communication. The published manuscripts are firstly reviewed by the directors of the journal, the Associate Editors, the Academic Committee –made up of experts from different countries– and the Guest Editor of each issue, and are subsequently evaluated through the double-blind system with the intervention of external referees.

From the second semester of 2024, the journal InMediaciones de la Comunicación adopts the continuous publication system with thematic biannual calls. This modality allows the editorial process of the postulated papers to be faster: that is, all articles accepted in the peer evaluation process are immediately published in the website, with the idea that they will be quickly visible and citable. The journal receives contributions written in Spanish, English and Portuguese and the author does not pay any cost for the processing or publication of the papers. InMediaciones de la Comunicación is published in print and digital formats and carries out an editorial policy that conforms to the international standards of academic journals.

Since its inception, InMediaciones de la Comunicación has committed to the promotion of open publication of papers derived from quality research, fostering an approach to the processes of social mediatization and issues that cross the field of communication. Over the years, it has had contributions from renowned researchers and academic referents, who contributed their views on the debates raised by the permanent renewal of contemporary communicational phenomena.

Director: Lautaro Cossia // Facultad de Comunicación, Universidad ORT Uruguay / Contact email: cossia@ort.edu.uy

InMediaciones de la Comunicación belongs institutionally to the Universidad ORT Uruguay and is published by the Faculty of Communication. It is a non-profit publication. The financial support of the magazine is provided entirely by the Universidad ORT Uruguay.

The journal has the following social media: X (formerly Twitter), Instagram, Facebook and LinkedIn. These social networks, as well as the communications carried out through the journal's email, are used only as a means for advertising new calls for papers, communicating publications of new articles and to give information on the topics developed in the different issues. In this sense, we ensure that the marketing actions and information provided are truthful and not misleading for both authors and readers. Publications on social media made on behalf of the journal are open and can be commented on by its followers.

InMediaciones de la Comunicación is part of the Uruguayan Association of Academic Journals (AURA) and is incorporated into SciELO-Uruguay (Scientific Electronic Library On Line). It is cited in Latindex (Regional Online Information System for Latin American Scientific Journals), DOAJ (Directory of Open Access Journals), PKP-INDEX (Public Knowledge Project), ERIH Plus (European Reference Index for the Humanities and Social Sciences) and Clase (Latin American Citations in Social Sciences and Humanities). In addition, it is included in different repositories or international content aggregators that allow the published materials to be made visible. Among them: Dialnet, REDIB, LatinREV, MIAR, Google Scholar, ROAD, BIBLAT, EBSCO Essentials, WorldCat and REDALyC.

All articles and volumes have individual DOI (Digital Object Identifier) by Crossref.

InMediaciones de la Comunicación provides free and immediate access to its content under the principle that making articles and research freely available encourages a greater global knowledge exchange. In this sense, the Universidad ORT Uruguay is a signatory of the San Francisco Declaration on Research Evaluation (DORA), which suggests that the articles be “available under the dedication of the Creative Commons public domain”. InMediaciones de la Comunicación provides its content under the Creative Commons - Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0).

Likewise, the journal acknowledges the value of the Budapest Open Access Initiative (BOAI) statement, which establishes that open access implies the free availability on the public Internet of articles and reviews published after being submited to the double-blind arbitration protocol. This perspective "allows any user to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search or add a link to the full text of these articles, track them for indexing, incorporate them as data in software, or use them for any other purpose that is legal, without financial, legal or technical barriers, apart from those that are inseparable from access to the Internet itself. The only limitation regarding reproduction and distribution, and the only role of copyright (economic rights) in this area, should be to give authors control over the integrity of their works and the right to be adequately recognized and cited.”

Universidad ORT Uruguay reserves the rights of journal publication. In this way, once the manuscript has been accepted for publication, InMediaciones de la Comunicación may dispose of such material and publish it both in printed format and in electronic form and other known or unknown devices. For this, it is an essential requirement that the authors authorize in writing its reproduction, distribution, exhibition and communication (Document of authors' rights and originality). Such use of the manuscripts is for the purpose of spreading and sharing the research work with the national and international scientific-academic community, it is not for profit and the authors will retain the moral and patrimonial rights of the article.

The submitted manuscripts must be written by those who declare their authorship and guarantee that they will not be submitted for consideration by other publications while the evaluation process is carried out. The journal considers a manuscript to be original when it has not been published in an academic journal or as a chapter of a digital or printed book, nor is it in the process of evaluation in another publication.

The submitted manuscripts may originate from undergraduate or postgraduate theses. In the event that the submitted manuscript includes advances from research previously presented at Conferences, Colloquiums and/or Congresses or has its origin in an undergraduate or postgraduate thesis, the authors must include an explanatory note indicating the first instance in which they were presented. They may not, in any case, retain the same title as their first version.

The authors are responsible for the affirmations, content and opinions expressed in the manuscripts sent to InMediaciones de la Comunicación. They must guarantee that they are owners or co-owners of the submitted manuscript and, therefore, are also owners of its intellectual property rights and do not infringe the copyrights of third parties. Likewise, the authors declare that they have rights and/or consent for the use of still or moving images and any other type of material and information complementary to the submitted manuscript. Any material received without these permissions will be assumed to originate from the authors.

The use of the CC-BY 4.0 license guarantees the publication, distribution, use and reuse of the manuscripts. In this sense, the use, copy or public dissemination of the published materials must be cited using the references indicated in the HOW TO CITE section that accompanies each manuscript in its different versions: PDF, HTML and XML.

InMediaciones de la Comunicación receives manuscripts through the Open Journal System (OJS) platform. In order to maintain anonymity and guarantee the transparency of the peer review process, the submitted manuscript must be made anonymous and not contain information that could reveal the identity of the authors. The name of the authors and institutional membership must be sent in a different document.

The journal employs the double-blind arbitration protocol for the evaluation of manuscripts, which consists on getting advice from experts on the topics addressed in the specific issue of the journal which allows the individual review of the submitted materials.

According to the criteria established by the journal, the submitted manuscripts go through an evaluation process that involves different instances of review and evaluation.

- Manuscripts are reviewed by the directors of the journal, the Associate Editors, the Academic Committee and the Guest Editors assembled according to the theme addressed in each issue. In this first instance, the manuscripts are subjected to a first plagiarism check using the Turnitin prevention service (Plagiarism control and detection). Those manuscripts that conform to the disciplinary area, comply with the standards and objectives of the journal, and show relevance to the topics of the call move on to the next stage of evaluation.

- Once compliance with the required conditions has been verified, the submitted manuscript is sent to two external referees who are specialists in the subject matter addressed. Those who carry out the external arbitration should not have any conflict of interest with respect to the manuscript submitted for evaluation, which will be delivered to them, safeguarding the anonymity of the responsible authors. The external referees must evaluate whether the manuscript presents innovative or novel content regarding the topic addressed, the coherence of the analysis carried out and the quality of the presentation according to the journal's guidelines. On these general basic criteria, they must rule: a) accept and publish the manuscript, b) publishable with modifications (in this case, the authors must send a reworked version so that the external referees assigned to evaluate the manuscript again), c) reject the application. The external referees must validate the decision taken taking into account the parameters or rubrics of the Evaluation Sheet (Ethics for external referees).

- In case of discrepancy in the opinions, the manuscript will be sent to a third external referee. This last opinion, together with the final observations of the directors of the journal, the Associate Editors, the Academic Committee and the Guest Editor Editorial Board, will define the publication or not of the evaluated application.

- The foundations, suggestions and opinions will be reviewed by the Associate Editors and the Academic Committee, and the result of the evaluation carried out will be informed to the author or the corresponding author. Such arbitration process may involve several instances of exchanges and re-elaboration of the manuscript based on what is observed by the external referees, the Associate Editors and the Academic Committee. The average duration of these evaluation and review instances is 60 days.

- The final acceptance of the manuscript also depends on compliance with the editorial ethics and good practices required by the journal (more information in Editorial ethics and good practices).

- The list of those who participate as external arbitrators is published in the last issue of each year.

From the second semester of 2024, the journal InMediaciones de la Comunicación adopts the continuous publication system. The published papers are gathered in an annual volume and structured in its two semiannual issues (January-June and July-December) with thematic calls for papers. The articles in the first issue are published continuously starting in January and ending in June and the ones belonging to the second issue are published from July until December.

Between the reception of the submitted manuscripts and their publication date, a maximum period of five months is estimated.

InMediaciones de la Comunicación does not charge processing or publication fees (Article Processing Charge or APC fees).

InMediaciones de la Comunicación uses the PKP Preservation Network (LOCKSS) repository where publications edited in the Open Journal System (OJS) are digitally stored. This system allows perpetual access to the original content of the journal.

The files are saved at the time of their publication in DSpace, the digital academic repository used by InMediaciones de la Comunicación, and on the journal's platform.

Likewise, authors are advised to store published materials personally. The post-print (or final galley) can be archived and included in your endorsements and in institutional repositories immediately after its on-line publication.

InMediaciones de la Comunicación incorporates the Open Archives Initiative - Protocol for Metadata Harvesting (OAI-PMH) interoperability protocol.

Universidad ORT Uruguay is committed to guaranteeing the ethics of the manuscripts that are published in the journal InMediaciones de la Comunicación. It is essential that all parties involved in the editorial process, both the Editorial Team —Director, Associate Editors, Academic Committee, Technical Staff, Guest Editor— as well as the authors and external referees, know and abide by the established criteria and respect the guidelines established for the publication of articles, reviews, interviews and other genres of academic production. InMediaciones de la Comunicación adheres to the code of ethics and the declaration of good editorial practices indicated by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) and to the suggestions and recommendations established in the San Francisco Declaration on Research Evaluation (DORA) to guarantee good practices related to the evaluation of scientific-academic productions. Likewise, InMediaciones de la Comunicación follows the provisions of the Singapore Statement on Research Integrity.

-The Editorial Team is responsible for publishing or not publishing the submitted manuscripts. These will be evaluated without taking into account religion, sexual or political orientation, ethnic origin, institutional membership, citizenship or any other peculiarity outside the academic parameters and editorial criteria set by InMediaciones de la Comunicación.

-They undertake to publish updated guidelines for authors, establishing the responsibilities of those who submit the manuscript application and the required style standards for the materials sent to the journal (Guidelines for authors). They also agree to specify the arbitration system used to evaluate the manuscripts and the evaluation parameters that external referees must take into account.

-They undertake to guarantee the confidentiality of the evaluation process. This encompasses the anonymity of external referees and authors and the privacy of the opinions produced, the content evaluated and the exchanges or queries raised to the Associate Editors, Academic Committee and the Guest Editors.

-They guarantee the publication of corrections, clarifications and/or apologies in all cases deemed necessary.

-They guarantee that the articles received will not be used as input for other research, nor be subject to any type of manipulation without the consent of their authors.

-They pledge to have strict respect for authorship. Papers will be subjected to plagiarism control using the Turnitin prevention service (Plagiarism control and prevention) and reasonable measures will be taken to prevent the publication of manuscripts in which there have been cases of misconduct in the research.

-They will try to avoid conflicts of interest, taking into account the sources of funding and the affiliation of the authors when selecting the external referees.

-They declare their commitment to the respect and integrity of the manuscripts already been published.

-Authors are responsible for the statements, the content and the opinions expressed in the manuscripts sent to InMediaciones de la Comunicación. They must guarantee they are the owners or co-owners of the nominated manuscript and, therefore, they are also owners of its intellectual property rights (Document of authors’ rights and originality).

-They must send original manuscripts written by those who declare their authorship and guarantee that they will not be submitted to other publications while under evaluation. The journal considers a manuscript to be original when it is unpublished: that is, when it has not been published in an academic journal or as a chapter in a digital or printed book, nor is it undergoing evaluation in another publication.

-In the event that the submitted manuscript includes advances from research previously presented at Conferences, Colloquiums and/or Congresses or has its origin in an undergraduate or postgraduate thesis, the authors must include an explanatory note indicating the first instance in which they were presented. They may not, in any case, retain the same title as their first version. InMediaciones de la Comunicación does not consider as a prior publication the abstracts or advances presented in academic events such as those mentioned above or those available as research documents in institutional, thematic or general repositories. Likewise, the submitted manuscripts may have their origin in undergraduate or graduate thesis. They may not, in any case, keep the same title as their first version.

-They must state that the contents, materials or resources used in the manuscript do not infringe the copyrights of third parties. In case of reproducing copyrighted material (photographs, still or moving images, graphics, videos, infographics or any type of previously published material) they must be cited or indicated in the manuscript’s body and, if necessary, obtain and send the corresponding permission to be published in InMediaciones de la Comunicación in print and online format. Any material received without these citations or permissions will be presumed to originate from the authors of the submitted manuscript.

-In the case of manuscripts submitted by two or more authors, they must indicate the order of appearance and, at the end of the manuscript, indicate in percentages the contributions made by each author. In addition, they must present a certificate that expresses the consent of all the authors for its publication.

-They pledge to recognize and indicate possible conflicts of interest that could be perceived as bias in the manuscript. In this sense, and in the event the authors of the manuscript receive any type of financial support, they must include a note indicating their origin.

-They pledge to inform the Director, the Associate Editors, the Academic Committee and the Guest Editors when they detect a relevant error in the published manuscripts, in order to rectify and introduce the necessary corrections.

-They undertake to make a rigorous, critical and impartial review of the evaluated manuscript. They must guarantee their acceptance or rejection according to the thematic relevance and pertinence, the innovation or novelty of the contents, the approach to the methodology used, the coherence of the analysis carried out and compliance with the authors’ rules required by the journal. For this purpose, the arbitration must take into account the evaluation parameters or guides that are established in the Evaluation Form.

-They must take into account the same ethical and confidentiality recommendations indicated in Ethics for the Editorial Team.

-They undertake not to divulge or use, under any circumstances, the contents of the articles evaluated. This will only be possible with the explicit permission of the authors and the Director and/or the Associate Editors and the Academic Committee of InMediaciones de la Comunicación.

-They pledge to respect the evaluation period established by the Associate Editors and Academic Committee: 20 days from submission of the nominated manuscript. In case of contingencies preventing compliance, they must notify the Director or a member of the Associate Editors or the Academic Committee with sufficient advance so that the journal can make a decision and assess the planned evaluation schedule.

-They must notify the Director or a member of the Associate Editors and the Academic Committee of the existence of conflicts of interest or lack of suitability and expertise to evaluate the assigned manuscript.

-They must notify the Director or a member of the Associate Editors and the Academic Committee in the event of detecting possible plagiarism or breach of ethics.

-They will avoid suggesting citations from their own articles or academic production in order to expand their own citations or those of the research team they belong to.

InMediaciones de la Comunicación will strictly monitor the papers to ensure compliance with ethics and good editorial practices. In this sense, and in accordance with the provisions of COPE, accusations of alleged misconduct or the detection of a possible anomaly will imply the activation of a protocol which, in general terms, consists of the following steps:

- A meeting will be held between the Associate Editors and the Academic Committee where the relevance of the accusation made, or the detection of a possible anomaly, will be evaluated.

- The Associate Editors and the Academic Committee will prepare a report contemplating the measures or actions to be undertaken in accordance with the general criteria and the Declaration of Editorial Ethics and Good Practices of the journal.

- The authors will be informed of the accusation received or the detection of a possible fault or anomaly.

- A period of no more than 10 days will be established, according to the type of fault or anomaly subject to consideration, for the authors to make the clarifications or discharge they deem pertinent.

- If necessary, the legal advisors of Universidad ORT Uruguay will be consulted.

- The Associate Editors or the Academic Committee will apply the measures determined. If the anomaly or fault reported is verified: the manuscript will be rejected. If the manuscript is already published: it will be removed from the issue of InMediaciones de la Comunicación and a corresponding retraction will be made. The author will be prevented from any future publishing in the journal.

InMediaciones de la Comunicación guarantees the publication of corrections, clarifications and/or apologies in all cases considered necessary. Complaints will be received at the following email: inmediaciones@ort.edu.uy

Manuscripts will be subjected to plagiarism control using the Turnitin prevention service that is used to reveal verbatim copies of resources from the Internet. This control is carried out in two stages of the evaluation process: upon receipt of a manuscript's application and, subsequently, before its publication (that is, after having gone through the evaluation process and once the modifications suggested by the external arbitrators, have been made). In case of identifying a possible plagiarism, the Associate Editors and the Academic Committee of the journal will initiate the protocol established in accordance with the criteria mentioned in Violation of editorial ethics. Such control includes self-plagiarism or the extended use of identical phrases from a manuscript already published by the same author. The Associate Editors and the Academic Committee will communicate the results of the plagiarism control to the responsible authors and they will be asked to make the pertinent clarifications within 10 days before defining whether it is plagiarism behaviour. Manuscripts in which such behaviour is verified will not be published.

This journal and its content are provided under the Creative Commons - Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0). It is possible to copy, communicate and distribute publicly its content as long as the individual authors and the name of this publication are cited, as well as the publishing institution (Universidad ORT Uruguay).

Names and email addresses entered in this journal will be used exclusively for the purposes set out in this magazine and will not be provided to third parties or for use for other purposes.

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Facultad de Comunicación y Diseño
Av. Uruguay 1185
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Contacto principal
Lautaro Cossia
Universidad ORT Uruguay
Teléfono (598) 2 908 06 77
Contacto de soporte
Andrea Castro
Teléfono (598) 2 908 06 77
castro_ac@ort.edu.uy