Enrique Bustamante, at our crossroads

Abstract

This article proposes a reading of Enrique Bustamante's contributions based on his intellectual and academic work in relation to his public actions. It assesses his interventions on the loss of media autonomy, the degradation of the Spanish public service, the defence of the rights of citizen-users, and above all his proposals for reforming the communication system in Spain, the European Union and the Ibero-American cultural space.

The author highlights Enrique Bustamante's efforts to achieve greater participation of society in the media, seeking to influence within governments and institutions and also articulating media, universities and social organisations.