Municipal communication research: academic studies and contributions

Abstract

The city councils are directed to the public through communication and relational processes for all types of messages transmitted over public policy, such processes are justified from the fundamental premise that citizens should be informed of all administrative actions and initiatives that may affect in his capacity as given. The municipality public communication is, in this sense, a powerful tool in the hands of the government staff who can explain, justify and, therefore, legitimize political decisions taken in each legislative period. In this paper we review the main contributions and academic contributions on the local communication because we believe that academic research on public communication processes developed in this area can contribute significantly, to increase the professionalism of communication offices in local government. With this contribution we intend to further facilitate the work of other researchers in the development of future work and studies related to municipality communications.