Deliverables

Communications Landscaping – North and Latin American Transnational Communities

1. Academic Literature review

a. Academic Literature:

• 201 Documents, essays and articles.

b. Academic Institutions:

• 74 institutions, centers and projects.

2. News Media Review

a. Cinema and video

Media

• 8 Latin Film and Video Producers and Distributors. United States
• 1 Latin Film and Video Producer and Distributor. México

Productions

• 143 Film and video productions. United states
• 24 Film and video productions in the other countries: El Salvador (1), Mexico (11), Nicaragua (3), Dominican Republic (7), Guatemala (1) , Haiti (1)

b. Television

Media

• 16 Producers and Distributors. United States
• 20 Hispanic television or for Hispanic viewers. United States
• 29 Main television channels in the other countries.

Productions

• 56 Television Productions. United states
• 7 Television Productions by Country: Honduras (1), Mexico (3), Nicaragua (3)

c. Press

Media

• 95 Press Media. United States: California (34), Florida (18), Illinois (10), New York (14), Washington (9), General Press (10)
• Main press media in the other countries (115),Costa Rica (9), El Salvador (9), Guatemala (6), Haiti (10), Honduras (6), Nicaragua (10), Mexico (48), Dominican Republic (17).
• 46 Other experiences of press and transnational communities: other kind of publications, such as organization bulletins, reviews, and columns that were important because they furnished information among of for migrants.

Productions

• 260 Productions (columns, special reports, reports, journalistic investigations, and news, among others) related to transnational communities and communication.
• Communication (90)
• Cultura (12)
• Health (9)
• Remittances (16)
• Rights and other migration related issues (70)
• Latin/Hispanics (25)
• Transnacional Communities (38)

d. Radio

Media

• 50 Radio Media. United States: General (13), Washington (2), California (14), Florida (6), Illinois (3), New York (10), Public Radio United States (2)
• 51 Main Radio Media in the Other Countries Costa Rica (9), El Salvador (6), Guatemala (5), Haiti (7), Honduras (3), Mexico (18), Nicaragua (2), Dominican Republic (1)

Productions

• 30 Radio Productions. United StatesRadio Productions California (8), General Radio Productions (12), Radio Productions New York (6), Radio Productions Washington (2), Radio Productions Illinois (1), Radio Productions Florida (1)
• 15 Radio Productions Migration in the other countries: Costa Rica (4), El Salvador (3), Mexico (5), Nicaragua (3)

e. Internet

• 22 Migrants' Associations: El Salvador (2), Guatemala (4), Honduras (1), Mexico (14), General (1)
• 72 Internet experiences of transnational communities: El Salvador (7), Guatemala (2), Honduras (1), Nicaragua (2), Haiti (13), Mexico (24), Dominican Republic (2), Hispanic/Latins/Emigrants in general (21)
• 12 Information, Internet and Telecommunications in Central and Latin America
• 15 Internet access promotion programs: United States (8), El Salvador (2), Haiti (1), Honduras (1), Mexico (3)

f. Programs and Institutions

• 190 Organizations, institutions and programs for migrants Migration and media (11), General (89), Health (20), Education (9), Rights and Legal Situation (28), Official migrant assistance institutions and programs (10)

3. Normative / legal regulatory environment review

• The team mapped the major issues related to telecommunications infrastructure and its uses, as well as the dynamics of the normative/legal regulatory environment in the focus countries. This included data on existence and reach of telephony, Internet, radio and television.

4. Identifying, forming and facilitating a Transnational Communication network of Investigators/Researchers/Writers/Programmers for virtual discussions

• A network of over 500 specialists, scholars, practitioners, policy makers, etc, and other people or organizations related to or interested, in one way of another, in transnational communication.

5. Interviews with selected ‘key players' in transnational communication from across the three themes

• The research director facilitated a constant dialogue with experts from different countries as part of the support and peer review process of the enquiry. At the final stages of the research process, virtual interviews were conducted with some members of this network. Out of a group of 53 persons, among them professionals and academicians, most of whom expressed their interest in intervening, we boast the participation of 19.

6. Country essays

• Eight essays on the focus countries were written by the members of the Control Panel or group of consultants. They describe and analyze the situation in each country: Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haita, Mexico, Nicaragua

7. Final Overview Report

• This paper intends to provide an overview of the development of the enquiry process and the communication situations among transnational communities that we observed in the focus countries. It is written only in spanish.

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