Listening to Our Latin American Environment: Communication in and of organizations in turbulent times

2021-05-21

The global environment and more specifically the Latin American environment have been characterized in recent times by a crisis of institutional and corporate confidence that invites us to ask: How does the strategic management of communication contribute to the construction of relationships of trust in Latin American countries? Are communication professionals prepared to take responsibility for building credibility and coherent and lasting institutional positioning in organizations (KUNSCH, 2004)?

 

Another aspect that stands out in the context is the growing importance of corporate ethics versus corruption cases. This leads us to question the coherence between being and doing business and ethics in the management of communication. Therefore, it is necessary to reflect on the  professional communication ethics and the organizations ethics. Morin (2008) states that the ethical act is an order higher than the objective reality. In this case, has corruption as a reality in many countries become superior to ethics for some organizations? How do communication professionals relate to these dichotomies?

 

Below we have included some of the concerns that motivate this call for communication, although it is not limited to these, and around which we invite you to submit your articles.

 

The crisis of institutional and corporate confidence that strikes the region in the face of social responsibility implemented by many organizations. How does strategic communication management contribute to building trusting relationships in Latin American countries? What does this tell us in terms of ethics in communication management in these difficult times? How do communication professionals position themselves in the face of the challenges of being and doing business today?

 

The media ecology and the current media consumption represent significant challenges for trust, the phenomenon of fake news, for example, requires constant monitoring and verification. Is communication management in and from public and private organizations audited, according to the social, political and economic situation in the region? Furthermore, in this scenario, are there citizens active around social demands that require corporate and institutional transparency? How do these social movements promote communication? What is the capacity of social influence of communication professionals in scenarios of political and economic power and what kind of influence do they have?

 

About Organicom

It is a journal that gathers articles, testimonials, reviews, interviews and research by specialists who seek to enrich discussions in the areas of Public Relations (PR) and Organizational Communication (CO). With each issue, the journal publishes a thematic dossier. Publications are, in general, the results of academic research presented in a language accessible to society.

Evaluation process

Proposed articles will follow a peer review process. The texts are evaluated according to criteria of quality, methodology and adequacy to the objectives and standards established in the magazine's publication norms. Organicom requires two favorable opinions to qualify the text for publication. The evaluators will be appointed according to the line of research and the theme developed by the author. All authors will receive detailed information about the evaluation process of their text, which can be accepted, accepted with exceptions (changes or additions) or rejected.

 

Publishing rules

For this special edition, unpublished articles and / or research results will be received.

Extension: Maximum  5.000 words, including bibliographic references.

Citation: Each article must include citations from at least 3 Latin American publications, that is, magazines, books, memoirs or book chapters; that must come from different countries.

 

Minimum structure required:

  • Title: maximum 15 words;
  • Abstract: maximum 80 words; five more keywords;
  • Introduction;
  • Theoretical Reference;
  • Methodology;
  • Results;
  • Discussion and conclusions;
  • References.

 

Languages: The texts will be received in Portuguese, Spanish, English and French.

 

For more information about the publication rules:

https://www.revistas.usp.br/organicom/about/submissions

 

Important Dates

Activity

Date

Deadline for submissions

30/06

Editorial Committee Response

02/08

Delivery of corrected version by authors

30/08

Delivery of extraordinary alterations (when required)

10/09

Dossier Publication

December 2021

 

The proposals must be sent to: https://www.revistas.usp.br/organicom/login

 

References:

GARCIA CANCLINI, N. Different, unequal and disconnected. Rio de Janeiro: UFRJ Editor, 2007.

MORIN, E. Or method 6: ethics. 3.ed. Porto Alegre: Sulina; 2008. 222p.

KUNSCH. M. Planejamento de Relações Públicas na comunicação integrated. São Paulo: Summus, 2003.