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<journal-meta>
<journal-id>1659-4223</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Revista de Estudios Históricos de la Masonería Latinoamericana y Caribeña]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[REHMLAC]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>1659-4223</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Universidad de Costa Rica]]></publisher-name>
</publisher>
</journal-meta>
<article-meta>
<article-id>S1659-42232023000100001</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.15517/rehmlac+.v15i1.52742</article-id>
<title-group>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[The representations of secret societies in mass communication. A quick overview]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Las representaciones de las sociedades secretas en la comunicación de masas. Una sipnosis]]></article-title>
</title-group>
<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Aragón]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Rogelio]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
</contrib-group>
<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad Iberoamericana  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ ]]></addr-line>
<country>Mexico</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>06</month>
<year>2023</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>06</month>
<year>2023</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>15</volume>
<numero>1</numero>
<fpage>1</fpage>
<lpage>25</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.sa.cr/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S1659-42232023000100001&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.sa.cr/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S1659-42232023000100001&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.sa.cr/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S1659-42232023000100001&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Abstract The image of secret societies, as either some sort of mystical troupe, with grandiose ceremonies and rituals regarded by outsiders as an oddity or as power-thirsty malevolent organizations, has been represented and amplified by mass communication since the 18th century. Here are just a few examples.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[Resumen La imagen de las sociedades secretas, ya sea como una asociación de místicos con ceremonias grandilocuentes que provocan extrañeza entre los espectadores ajenos, o como organizaciones malévolas y sedientas de poder, ha sido representada y amplificada en la comunicación de masas desde el siglo XVIII. He aquí algunos ejemplos.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Secret Societies]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Freemasonry]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Literature]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Cinema]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Television]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Conspiracy Theories]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Mass Communication.]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Sociedades secretas]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[masonería]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[literatura]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[cine]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[televisión]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[conspiraciones]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[medios de comunicación.]]></kwd>
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