Communication research in Colombia is already considered a consolidated field in the national context, but it is not in its international projection. International databases, in particular the Web of Science have become a widespread form of legitimation of knowledge in science at the Global Academy, but Colombian research on communication in these databases has hardly been studied. This article investigated how is the production and circulation of knowledge in one of the most widely used database, Web of Science. The results show that the research of authors linked to the Colombian academy went from a very low figure in the nineties, to a significant growth in 2008 and exponentially in 2015. The creation of the Emerging Source Citation Index database contributed greatly to this change. Implications for the production and appropriation of communication knowledge in Colombia are derived fr...

Communication research in Colombia is already considered a consolidated field in the national context, but it is not in its international projection. International databases, in particular the Web of Science have become a widespread form of legitimation of knowledge in science at the Global Academy, but Colombian research on communication in these databases has hardly been studied. This article investigated how is the production and circulation of knowledge in one of the most widely used database, Web of Science. The results show that the research of authors linked to the Colombian academy went from a very low figure in the nineties, to a significant growth in 2008 and exponentially in 2015. The creation of the Emerging Source Citation Index database contributed greatly to this change. Implications for the production and appropriation of communication knowledge in Colombia are derived fr...

The media can play an important role in suicide prevention and mental health care, especially in a country like Colombia, affected by an internal armed conflict, and with worrying cases of suicide that increased during the COVID-19 pandemic. It is known that mental health conditions were accentuated during the first year of this pandemic, with the deaths of family and friends, mandatory isolation, and the economic crisis, among others. This study examines the relationship between media reception and suicidal ideation in Colombia during this period. Methodologically, this predictive, cross-sectional, and non-experimental correlational study presents the results of a survey of Colombians aged 18 to 59 (N=660) from the three most populated regions of the country, conducted from January 1 to November 30, 2020. It was found that both frequent reception of news about deaths coronavirus, as wel...