La fotografía y el fotoperiodismo, un objeto de estudio emergente en la investigación en comunicación en España.

Abstract

Este artículo aborda la fotografía y el fotoperiodismo como objeto de estudio en la investigación en comunicación en las universidades españolas entre 2007 y 2018. De los documentos analizados se extrae que, pese a tratarse de un estudio emergente, por su interés social en la era de la posverdad, la producción científica vinculada a proyectos I+D+i no es aún relevante. Así, las temáticas que se han estudiado en estos doce años muestran el progresivo interés por investigar temas de relevancia internacional en las Ciencias Sociales como las identidades.

This article addresses photography and photojournalism as an object of study in communication research in Spanish universities between 2007 and 2018. The documents analysed show that despite being an emerging study, due to its social interest in the era of post-truth, scientific production linked to R + D + i projects is not yet relevant. However, the topics that have been studied in these twelve years show a progressive interest in researching topics of international relevance in the Social Sciences such as identities. However, it should be noted that many of these works, especially doctoral theses, are still adhere to the role of the image in offline media and most of them are descriptive. But a new stage is opening for communication research in which what has been a weakness, the lack of a clear study methodology, can be a strength, given that photography can be interpreted from different approaches and disciplines in tune with the new ways of thinking and investigating these disciplines, which tend towards the holistic. In addition, there is a great interest in the development of this object of study, which is considered a key element in the global media panorama.