Jesús Martín-Barbero

He was Director of the Communication Department of the Universidad del Valle in Cali (Colombia), where he remained between 1975 and 1995.

He was a visiting professor at the Complutense University of Madrid, Autonomous of Barcelona, Stanford, Free of Berlin, King's College of London, Puerto Rico, Buenos Aires, São Paulo, Lima, et cetera.

Doctor honoris causa by the National University of Rosario (Argentina) and the Pontificia Universidad Javeriana de Bogotá (Colombia), he was president of ALAIC (Latin American Association of Communication Researchers), member of the Advisory Committee of FELAFACS (Latin American Federation of Faculties of Social Communication).

He published the following books: Mass Communication: discourse and power, Ciespal, Quito, 1978; Educational and didactic audiovisual communication, SENA, Cali, 1979; Introduction to content analysis, Incisex, Madrid, 1981; From media to mediations, G. Gili, Barcelona.

[4] He was cultural politics consultant for UNESCO, OEI and CAB (Convenio Andrés Bello), a member of the Social Science National Council of Colciencias (Colombia), and a member of the Culture National Council, Civil Media Area.