E-Investigación de la comunicación en Venezuela

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e-Research into communications in Venezuela Information and communication technologies have changed the way researchers approach their studies: new tools and methods that overcome the barriers of distance and time enable them to build wide-ranging collaborations at national and international levels, as well as to manage vast amounts of data. The intensive use of these digital tools has come to be known as e-Research. Scholars view eResearch positively, but they demand for greater training in the tools and methods. Studies also reveal a significant gap between the advanced state of e-Research in the natural sciences and lower levels of adoption in the social sciences, as well as showing a gap between regions and countries in terms of available resources for the development of e-Research. This paper analyses the current state of e-Research into communications in Venezuela, its advances and trends and how it differs when compared to the situation internationally, regionally and in respect of other disciplines � from the literature review to the interviews with leading communications researchers.