Fuentes-Navarro, RaúlSánchez-Ruiz, Enrique E.2016-01-182016-01-181990Fuentes-Navarro, R.; Sánchez-Ruiz, E. E. (1990). “Fieldwork problems in mexican communication research”. En Narula, U. and Pearce, B. W. (eds.) Cultures, politics and research programs: an international assessment of practical problems in field research. New Jersey, USA: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.0-8058-0134-0http://hdl.handle.net/11117/2845This essay examines some of the main field research problems in the area of communication research in Mexico, most of which originate from structural conditions that affect not only our domain but scientific research in general. The approach to the analysis of the problematic that a social scientist find when doing field research in an underdeveloped setting such as Mexico unveils, first, the hindrances and limitations structurally produced. Then, after explaining and describing how "poor science" has to develop in a context of scarcity, social incomprehension, and other structural limitation, the isolated instances of methodological success and advancement are highlighted. The authors contend that ingenuity and innovation are not impossible within and underdeveloped society, but that they are also structurally limited.engCommunication ResearchCommunicationCommunication TheoriesAcademic FieldworkAcademic Researchinfo:eu-repo/semantics/bookPart