Constitutive Communication of organizations managing protected áreas in the Mexican Caribbean regarding environment behavior

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https://doi.org/10.24137/raeic.12.23.15

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Organizational communication, Sociodigital networks, Sustainability

Abstract

The tourist transformation of the Mexican Caribbean has been shaped by government decisions and the digital boom, highlighting the importance of environmental communication in protected areas as part of the functions of administrative organizations. In this context, based on the Communicative Constitution of Organizations (CCO) and social construction, the objective was to analyze how entities responsible for managing protected areas in the Mexican Caribbean handle constitutive communication and disseminate environmental behaviors in the digital sphere, focusing on two categories: constitutive communication and environmental behaviors. The methodology was qualitative, non-experimental, and cross-sectional. A content analysis was conducted using matrices and coding sheets, manually quantified through frequency counting, to examine the Facebook and X profiles of three organizations responsible for managing protected areas in the study area. A total of 164 posts and 3,658 reactions from 2023 were analyzed and classified into the two categories. Differences in the approach to constitutive communication were observed: Fundación de Parques y Museos de Cozumel focused on tourism-related actions (86.2% on Facebook), Comisión Nacional de Áreas Naturales Protegidas on ecological actions (79.4% on X), and Secretaría de Ecología y Medio Ambiente de Q. Roo on social actions (71.5% on X). However, in all of them communicative bidirectionality was limited. Strengthening interaction on these platforms is recommended to promote responsible environmental behaviors and encourage conservation.

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Author Biographies

  • María de Jesús Moo-Canul, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Quintana Roo

    Holds a Master's degree in Corporate Communication from Universidad Anahuac Cancun and is currently a doctoral student in Communication Research. Presently, she is a professor-researcher in the Department of Marketing, within the Division of Tourism Management and Marketing at the Universidad Autonoma del Estado de Quintana Roo, Cozumel Campus. Her current research areas include constitutive communication studies, tourism and sustainability, communication research, satisfaction, and marketing strategies.

  • Rebeca Illiana Arévalo-Martínez, Universidad Anáhuac (ANAHUAC MÉXICO)

    Holds a Ph.D. in Applied Communication from Universidad Anahuac México, a Master’s degree in Corporate Communications from Universidad Anahuac México, and a Bachelor's degree in Communication Sciences from Tecnológico de Monterrey. She serves as the Director of the Research Center for Applied Communication (CICA) and the Academic Coordinator of the Ph.D in Communication Research, a doctoral program affiliated with the National Graduate System (SNP) of the National Council for Humanities, Science, and Technology (CONAHCYT), within the Faculty of Communication at Universidad Anahuac México. Her research areas include institutional and organizational studies, communication, leadership, digital communication, ethics, and organizational social responsibility. She has been a Level I member of the National System of Researchers (SNI) under CONAHCYT since 2016.

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Published

2025-04-15

How to Cite

Constitutive Communication of organizations managing protected áreas in the Mexican Caribbean regarding environment behavior. (2025). Revista De La Asociación Española De Investigación De La Comunicación, 12(23), raeic122315. https://doi.org/10.24137/raeic.12.23.15