Aproximación cienciométrica a la investigación en comunicaciónel caso de Marshall McLuhan

  1. Trillo Domínguez, Magdalena
  2. Moya-Anegón, Félix de
Journal:
El profesional de la información

ISSN: 1386-6710 1699-2407

Year of publication: 2008

Volume: 17

Issue: 3

Pages: 303-309

Type: Article

DOI: 10.3145/EPI.2008.MAY.06 DIALNET GOOGLE SCHOLAR lock_openOpen access editor

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Abstract

The application of the Cameo (CharacterizationsAutomatically Made and Edited Online) bibliometric techni-que -one of the most advanced methodologies for the analy-sis and representation of information- to the research historyof Marshall McLuhan allows us to create a scientific portraitof this Canadian communications expert. The Cameo portraitidentifies McLuhan¿s professional and academic interests, theauthors that most heavily influenced his wave-breaking theoriesand the evolution of his line of thought in current trends of Com-munication. By analysing the relational information of citationscontained in articles about McLuhan in the ISI Web of Science,we were able to create a map of his intellectual sojourns, inclu-ding signposts of the most influential authors in his professionalcareer, along with a second representation that shows the ¿foo-tprints¿ his writings have left in the world