Table 1. Sample of analysis Year Papes y per Com. year Mensaje Anàlisi Estudios Revista Latina Zer Sociedad de Social Volume 36 & 37 21 (1-2) 14 63 24 & 25 2008 Articles 24 12 35 42 31 144 Volume 40 23 (1-2) 16 65 28 & 29 2010 Articles 10 23 26 43 25 127 Volume 45, 46 & 47 25 (1-2) 18 (1-2) 67 32 & 33 2012 Articles 17 30 56 22 24 149 Volume 50 27 (1-4) 20 (1-2) 69 36 & 37 2014 Articles 9 39 73 33 24 178 Articles per 60 104 190 140 104 598 journal Source: Authors’ own creation 2.3. Coding criteria Data were collected through an analysis sheet of 36 variables related to different aspects of the content of the articles (number and features of authors, institutional affiliation, objects of study, methodological issues, etc.). The content analysis was applied in accordance with the following encoding criteria: Refers strictly to the related to communication that are Knowledge interests. objects of study addressed in the articles and reveal, precisely, the aspects of the communication phenomena on which the scientific community in generating knowledge. Given the complexity of the is interested decisions relating to the (or theme, if you will) of a given research work, this dimension was object divided into two variables: linked to the communication object addressed in the analysed media or professional areas articles. 61 mutually exclusive categories were established to distinguish accurately between works that aim, for example, to investigate issues related to journalism in the daily press, in television, and in digital media; between articles investigating graphic and radio advertising; and between documentary and fiction cinema. These 61 categories were subsequently grouped into 12 more general, equally exclusive, categories to identify the major media or professional areas of interest to researchers: journalism, audiovisual communication, advertising, public relations, propaganda, marketing, internet and digital environment, etc.
Table 1. Sample of analysis Year Anàlisi y Sociedad Estudios Mensaje Revista Latina de Com. Social Zer Papes per year 2008 Volume Articles 36 & 37 24 21 (1-2) 12 14 35 63 42 24 & 25 31 144 2010 Volume Articles 40 10 23 (1-2) 23 16 26 65 43 28 & 29 25 127 2012 Volume Articles 45, 46 & 47 17 25 (1-2) 30 18 (1-2) 56 67 22 32 & 33 24 149 2014 Volume Articles 50 9 27 (1-4) 39 20 (1-2) 73 69 33 36 & 37 24 178 Articles per journal 60 104 190 140 104 598 Source: Authors’ own creation 2.3. Coding criteria Data were collected through an analysis sheet of 36 variables related to different aspects of the content of the articles (number and features of authors, institutional affiliation, objects of study, methodological issues, etc.). The content analysis was applied in accordance with the following encoding criteria: Knowledge interests. Refers strictly to the objects of study related to communication that are addressed in the articles and reveal, precisely, the aspects of the communication phenomena on which the scientific community is interested in generating knowledge. Given the complexity of the decisions relating to the object (or theme, if you will) of a given research work, this dimension was divided into two variables: media or professional areas linked to the communication object addressed in the analysed articles. 61 mutually exclusive categories were established to distinguish accurately between works that aim, for example, to investigate issues related to journalism in the daily press, in television, and in digital media; between articles investigating graphic and radio advertising; and between documentary and fiction cinema. These 61 categories were subsequently grouped into 12 more general, equally exclusive, categories to identify the major media or professional areas of interest to researchers: journalism, audiovisual communication, advertising, public relations, propaganda, marketing, internet and digital environment, etc.
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