Javier Esteinou Madrid
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Javier Esteinou Madrid | |
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| Born | March 4, 1949 |
| Nationality | Mexican |
| Citizenship | Mexican |
| Alma mater | Universidad Iberoamericana National Autonomous University of Mexico |
| Notable awards | 2010 and 2014 National Journalism Prize (Mexico) |
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Javier Esteinou Madrid (born March 4, 1949)[1] is a Mexican journalist, professor and researcher whose work has been recognized with Level III membership in the Sistema Nacional de Investigadores and with Mexico’s National Journalism Prize twice. His work is mostly concerned with the effects of cultural hegemony and new technologies on communications and society.
Esteinou was born and raised in Mexico City. He began his higher education in this city beginning in 1967 studying philosophy at the Instituto Superior de Estudios Filosóficos but soon after left this school to study communication at the Universidad Iberoamericana, graduating in 1974. He went on to get his masters in sociology from the same institution and then his doctorate in sociology at the National Autonomous University of Mexico.[1][2][3]
Career
Esteinou’s first professional position was with his alma mater, the Iberoamericana in 1978, working with the Secretary General. Since then he has held numerous positions including with the Subsecretary for Radio Transmission as a researcher as well as for the Mexico City government, CONACULTA the office of the Mexican president the Secretaría de Gobernación, the Mexican Television Institute, the Latin American Institute for Transnational Studies, the Mexican Borders Cultural Program, UNICEF, National System of Broadcast Education (Middle School), the Ricardo J. Zevada Cultural Research and Studies Foundation and the Institutional Revolutionary Party .[1]
He has worked as a journalist for newspapers such as Excélsior and El Universal .[1]
As an educator, he has worked primarily with the Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana as a professor and researcher since 1974, where he has served as the founder and director of the Centro de Documentación para la Comunicación Masiva. . He also taught at the Universidad Iberoamericana from 1975 to 1992. In 1992 he began teaching at the Centro de Servicio y Promoción Social. He currently teaches classes at the Seminario de Investigación with the masters program of the Communications Department.[1] He also teaches classes at the Tec de Monterrey, Mexico City Campus .[4]
He is a member of the Consejo Nacional para la Enseñanza e Investigación de las Ciencias de la Comunicación (CONEICC) and vice president of the Asociación Latinoamericana de Investigadores de la Comunicación and the Federación de Facultades de Comunicación en América Latina. He was the vice president of the Asociación Mexicana de Investigadores de la Comunicación (AMIC) .[2] (sistemnac)