Asociación Latinoamericana de Investigadores de la Comunicación

What Asociación Latinoamericana de Investigadores de la Comunicación does

Asociación Latinoamericana de Investigadores de la Comunicación (ALAIC) is a non-profit academic association founded in 1978 in Caracas, Venezuela, and legally registered in Brazil (CNPJ 65.033.086/0001-02) that serves as the principal regional body for communication researchers across Latin America. Its core mission is to systematize Latin American communication knowledge, position the region as an interlocutor in international communication scholarship, and provide venues for scholarly exchange, collaboration, and publication. ALAIC operates with 1-10 employees and runs an integrated program of peer-reviewed journals (the Spanish-language Revista ALAIC and the English-language Journal of Latin American Communication Research), a biennial Congress series rotating across Latin American cities, regional seminars (notably the Andean Regional Seminar), annual summer schools, a book publishing program, and thematic working groups.

The association's underlying technology is a bilingual (Spanish and Portuguese) digital publishing and membership platform anchored at alaic.org, complemented by dedicated journal platforms at revista.pubalaic.org and journal.pubalaic.org, plus a member portal and digital newsletter distribution. Marketing and distribution run through the website, social media (Twitter/X, Facebook, Instagram), email bulletins, and the recurring conference circuit. There is no API offering, no mobile app, and no documented developer integrations.

ALAIC's revenue model is a subscription-recurring membership structure: $30 USD per year for individual academics, professors, researchers, and graduate students, and $150 USD per year for institutional/association members, with new members paying two annualities upfront. Customer segments are individual researchers (primary), graduate students, and communication institutions/associations across Latin America. Revenue is not publicly disclosed; the association has no venture capital, private equity, or public ownership, and is governed by a member-elected Directive Council (current term 2022-2026).

Name

Asociación Latinoamericana de Investigadores de la Comunicación

Legal name

Asociación Latinoamericana de Investigadores de la Comunicación

Website

https://alaic.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1978

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Asociación Latinoamericana de Investigadores de la Comunicación (ALAIC) is a non-profit academic association founded in 1978 that advances communication research across Latin America through peer-reviewed journals, biennial congresses, regional seminars, summer schools, and thematic groups, serving individual researchers, graduate students, and communication institutions.

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Headquarters

HQ city

Rodrigues

HQ country

Brazil

HQ region

Latin America

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Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Individual Membership Fees: Annual membership fees charged to individual academics, professors, researchers, and graduate students in communication or social sciences. Fee is $30 USD per year (two annualities required for new membership).
2. Institutional/Association Membership Fees: Annual membership fees charged to institutions and associations in the communication field. Fee is $150 USD per year (two annualities required for new membership).

Pricing tiers

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Core offering

ALAIC is a non-profit academic association that provides communication researchers across Latin America with peer-reviewed scientific journals (Revista ALAIC and the Journal of Latin American Communication Research), a regular program of congresses, regional seminars, and summer schools, a book publishing program, thematic research working groups, and an online member portal — all underpinned by annual individual and institutional memberships.

Product overview

ALAIC is a non-profit academic association organized as a platform of interconnected scholarly offerings. Its core publishing products are the Revista ALAIC (Spanish-language journal) and the Journal of Latin American Communication Research (English-language journal), which disseminate peer-reviewed communication research. These journals are complemented by regular event programs including the Congress Series (Congresos ALAIC), regional Seminar Series (Seminarios), and seasonal educational programs (Escuela de Verano and World Summer School). The association also publishes books through its publications program, supports research collaboration through Thematic Groups, and serves members through its newsletter and member portal. Together, these offerings form a comprehensive scholarly ecosystem supporting communication research across Latin America.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Revista ALAIC: The Spanish-language journal published by the association - Revista Latinoamericana de Ciencias de la Comunicación (Latin American Journal of Communication Sciences), published every four months.
• Journal of Latin American Communication Research (JLACR)

Products and services

• Revista ALAIC (Revista Latinoamericana de Ciencias de la Comunicación) Peer-reviewed Spanish-language scientific journal published quarterly by ALAIC, promoting the dissemination and strengthening of the Latin American school of communication thought, with international reach; available to members and the broader scholarly community.
• Journal of Latin American Communication Research (JLACR) English-language peer-reviewed journal published by ALAIC that extends the association's academic communication research to the global scholarly community.
• Congresos ALAIC (Congress Series) Regular international congresses held biennially in cities across Latin America that bring together communication researchers to share findings and advance scholarly discourse.
• Seminarios ALAIC (Seminar Series) Regional seminars focused on specific geographic areas (such as the Andean region) and thematic topics, offering more targeted scholarly exchange than the broader congresses.
• Escuela de Verano ALAIC (Summer School) Annual summer school providing advanced training and professional development for communication researchers and graduate students across Latin America.
• World Summer School International summer school program focused on communication, information integrity, social justice, and democracy.
• Publicaciones ALAIC (Books Program) Book publishing program producing scholarly works on communication research, including edited volumes and collaborative publications from the Latin American communication research community.
• Boletines ALAIC (Member Newsletter) Periodic newsletter providing members with updated information on academic activities, special events, and association news.
• Área de Socios (Member Portal) Online member portal providing registered members access to exclusive content, renewal services, and member-specific resources.
• ALAIC Individual Membership Annual membership at $30 USD per year for academics, professors, researchers, and graduate students in communication or social sciences across Latin America, validated at the General Assembly.
• ALAIC Institutional/Association Membership Annual membership at $150 USD per year for institutions and associations in the communication field across Latin America, providing institutional representation and collaboration benefits.

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Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• CIESPAL (Centro Internacional de Estudios Superiores de Comunicación para América Latina)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCIESPAL and ALAIC collaborate on joint initiatives including the UNESCO Chair 'Libertad de Expresión y Sociedades del Conocimiento.' CIESPAL hosts events, book launches, and conferences in partnership with ALAIC, such as the book launch 'Participación ciudadana digital' and various colloquia.
• UNESCOcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerUNESCO collaborates with ALAIC through the UNESCO-CIESPAL Chair on Freedom of Expression and Knowledge Societies, promoting integrated systems of research, training, and documentation on information and communication across Latin America.
• Universidad Externado de ColombiaminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerHost of the XX International Conference on Minority Languages (ICML 2025), the first time this conference is held outside Europe since its inception in Glasgow in 1980.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• FELAFACS (Federación Latinoamericana de Facultades de Comunicación Social): FELAFACS is the Latin American federation of communication schools and faculties, a peer-level regional academic organization that organizes congresses, accreditations, and curriculum discussions. It overlaps heavily with ALAIC's institutional membership base (universities and communication faculties) and competes for the same convening role in the region.
• International Association for Media and Communication Research (IAMCR): The closest global peer to ALAIC, IAMCR is an international academic association for media and communication researchers. Both share the same model: membership-based, multilingual scholarly community organizing recurring congresses, thematic working groups, and peer-reviewed journals, with IAMCR operating at the global level and ALAIC at the Latin American regional level.
• European Communication Research and Education Association (ECREA): ECREA is the European regional counterpart to ALAIC: a regional academic association that organizes conferences, thematic sections, and a community for communication scholars at the European level. ECREA's structure — divisions, biennial congresses, member portal — directly mirrors what ALAIC has built for Latin America.
• International Communication Association (ICA): ICA is one of the largest international academic associations for communication scholarship, with annual conferences, peer-reviewed journals, and interest-based divisions functionally analogous to ALAIC's thematic groups. Both organizations target the same scholarly population (communication researchers) and compete for the same member's dues and conference participation.

Emerging players

• Asociación Española de Investigación de la Comunicación (AE-IC): Spain's national academic association for communication research, modeled on similar membership-and-congress lines as ALAIC, with Spanish-language journals and conferences. It operates at a national scale with a similarly low-fee membership model, representing the European/Iberian analog relevant to many ALAIC members publishing in Spanish.

Regional players

• CONEICC (Consejo Nacional para la Enseñanza e Investigación de la Comunicación): CONEICC is Mexico's national council for communication education and research, hosting the biannual Congreso Iberoamericano de Comunicación and maintaining relationships across Mexican universities. It parallels ALAIC at the national level in a major Latin American market and is a collaborating/co-hosting entity rather than a strict competitor.
• Sociedade Brasileira de Estudos Interdisciplinares da Comunicação (INTERCOM): INTERCOM is Brazil's national academic association for interdisciplinary communication studies, running the annual Congresso de Ciências da Comunicação and holding institutional membership in ALAIC. It is a parallel national-level entity in ALAIC's largest member country, addressing the same scholarly base with overlapping mission but exclusive geographic scope.
• AEJMC (Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication): AEJMC is the leading U.S. academic association for journalism and mass communication educators and researchers, organizing the annual AEJMC conference and publishing multiple peer-reviewed journals. It serves a similar function to ALAIC for the North American scholarly community and shares the recurring-conference + journals + membership model.
• SOPCOM (Associação Portuguesa de Ciências da Comunicação): SOPCOM is Portugal's national association for communication researchers, with periodic congresses and a scholarly publication program. It is comparable in scale and mission to ALAIC but focuses on Portugal and Portuguese-speaking researchers, overlapping with ALAIC's Portuguese-language membership scope.

Others

• CIESPAL (Centro Internacional de Estudios Superiores de Comunicación para América Latina): CIESPAL is a UNESCO-affiliated Latin American communication research and training center that co-hosts the UNESCO Chair on Freedom of Expression and Knowledge Societies with ALAIC. It functions as a strategic ecosystem partner rather than a direct competitor, sharing programmatic and convening infrastructure with ALAIC.

Market position

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Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

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