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DOI: 10.4185/RLCS-65-2010-894-214-221-EN

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<meta name="DC.title" content="An approach to the concept of a virtual border. Identities and communication spaces”/>
<meta name="DC.creator.personalName" content="Dr. Antonio García Jiménez"/>
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<meta name="DC.contributor.editor" content="Dr. José Manuel de-Pablos-Coello"/>
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<meta name="DC.Description" lang="en" content=“Revista Latina de Comunicación Social, RLCS, is a scientific journal edited at the University of La Laguna, ULL (Tenerife, Canary Islands) in the Laboratory of Information Technologies and New Analysis of Communication, LATINA according to its initials in Spanish, founded in 1987 by Dr. José Manuel de Pablos Coello, under the protection of special doctorate programmes for Latin American professors. The journal publishes under the main summary almost exclusively research papers written following the formula IMR&DC+B: introduction, methodology, results and discussion plus conclusion, with a updated bibliography: at least 70% of the bibliographic entries must be from the past 10 years and half of them from scientific journals in Spanish and English languages. Reviewers make a double blind peer examination. This is a collective and inter-university project, including many professors and researchers from almost all Spanish and Portuguese speaking countries. The journal is the following databases: EBSCO (USA), DOAJ (Lund University, Sweden), Redalyc (Mexico), Dialnet (Spain); and is indexed by the CINDOC-CSIC in DICE, ISOC, RESH, Office of Latin American Education, OEI according to its initials in Spanish; Dulcinea, etc. In Spain the journal is a reference in the Directory of Index of Spanish Periodicals of Social and Communication Sciences, IN-RECS, of the University of Granada, UGR. RLCS occupies the first position in the cumulative index for the periods 2003-2007; 2004-2008 and the year 2008”/>
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<meta name="DC.contributor.referee I" content="The subject matter of Article An approach to the concept of virtual border. Identities and communication spaces is original and poorly addressed in the existing literature, which makes it of interest. The author presents a thorough review of the particularities of geographical borders and compares them with virtual borders, to propose a typology of the virtual border.The bibliographic references used by article are relevant and current. It is structured clearly, and orderly, and the wording is correct. One aspect to be corrected is the references in the text, because in some cases the author mentions the pages but there is no quote. Moreover, in the references section, the author lists some texts that were not mentioned in the article.The publication of the article is recommended, provided the suggested changes are made.Blanca Chong López - Universidad Autónoma de Coahuila."/>
<meta name="DC.contributor.referee II" content="Review 2. This article offers a theoretical reflection around the concept of virtual border as a result of the expansion of the Internet and the creation and evolution of virtual communities within the cyberspace.
It raises an interesting topic because it conceptualizes the term virtual border from different dimensions, and then performs a classification of the different typologies within, what the author calls, the virtual borders. The geographical aspect is not the only one marking and separating spaces within the WWW. The social aspect of virtual communities has now become a key element in identifying one space or another. The author links the social issue with the identity of each territory and relates it to culture as a key element of union between different borders. The reflection of the article is interesting, especially because of the final contribution that the author makes about the different typologies that allow a better understanding of the concept. In addition to studying the concept from different perspectives, the author takes a critical attitude towards the subject matter and presents the problems of defining the term cyberspace and its boundaries. The article refers to many theoretical writers who have covered the topic. The bibliography is updated and in accordance with the subject matter, which allows the author to develop a solid and interesting theoretical corpus.Cristina Gonzalez Oñate and Universitat Jaume I"/>
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