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The mobilization of the Movement for Peace with Justice and Dignity (mpjd) in Mexico is acknowledged as a key moment in the country’s contemporary history. We analyze how the mpjd has been studied and what we know about this social movement. Based on a review of articles published in the most prestigious journals in Mexico, we argue, first, that most studies about the mpjd are characterized by a non-systematic treatment of information that leads to conclusions that are rather hypotheses that need to be tested; second, that the academic production on this social movement has provided reflections and analyses around six themes relevant to social movement studies. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

A snapshot of communication research in Spain that uses qualitative methods as the dominant methodological perspective is presented. We conduct a content analysis to study the characteristics, objects and techniques that predominate in a census of 1,025 scientific productions from 2007 to 2018, which includes doctoral theses, projects and articles published in scientific journals. In the indexed publications, there is a certain lack of qualitative articles, despite the importance they have in doctoral theses and research projects. These researches use or triangulate qualitative methods, but not all techniques are used equally. Communication studies frequently resort to discourse analysis and in-depth interviews, but the presence of observations and discussion groups is minimal. The objects of study are also varied, although audiovisual formats prevail over journalistic formats and there is a growing interest in digital media and formats. Finally, at the author level, the results reveal parity, although the gender gap in the highest level studies is worrying. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]