The media in Latin America / edited by Jairo Lugo-Ocando.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Lugo-Ocando, Jairo.

Series:

National media

National medias

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mass media--Latin America.

Mass media.

Latin America.

Mass media--Central America.

Central America.

Physical Description:

xiv, 275 pages : 1 map ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Maidenhead : Open University Press, 2008.

Summary:

The media's role as a mechanism of control throughout Latin America has become increasingly sophisticated. Many repressive elements of the dictatorship periods have remained in place or have mutated into more subtle means of censorship and control. Media owners and political elites are more than keen to use the media's increasingly prominent role in framing politics in the region, in order to pursue their own agenda and interests.

This book provides a comprehensive and critical overview of some of the most important media systems in Latin America. Drawing on original and critical essays from some of the most prominent authors in the field, the author approaches the subject with a country-by-country analysis. The essays cover: Media history, Organisation, The interrelationship of the media and the state, Media regulation, policy and ownership, Film, music, advertising and digital media. The Media in Latin America is valuable reading for students of media, politics and journalism studies.

Contents:

1 An introduction to the maquilas of power: media and political transition in Latin America / Jairo Lugo-Ocando 1

2 The media in Argentina: democracy, crisis and the reconfiguration of media groups / Patricia Vialey, Marcelo Belinche, Christian Tovar 13

3 The media in Bolivia: the market-driven economy, 'shock therapy' and the democracy that ended / Erick Torrico Villanueva 29

4 The media in Brazil: an historical overview of Brazilian broadcasting politics / Olga Guedes-Bailey, Othon F. Jambeiro Barbosa 46

5 The media in Chile: the restoration of democracy and the subsequent concentration of media ownership / Gustavo Gonzalez-Rodriguez 61

6 The media in Colombia: beyond violence and a market-driven economy / Jorge Ivan Bonilla, V., Ancizar Narvaez Montoya 78

7 The media in Costa Rica: many media, scarce communication / Carlos Sandoval-Garcia 100

8 The media in Castro's Cuba: every word counts / Juan Orlando Perez 116

9 The media in Mexico: from authoritarian institution to hybrid system / Sallie Hughes 131

10 The media in Nicaragua: an escape valve for a dysfunctional democracy / Arturo Wallace-Salinas 150

11 The media in Paraguay: from the coverage of political democracy to the obsession with violence / Susana Aldana-Amabile 167

12 The media in Peru: the challenge of constructing a meaningful democracy / Celia Aldana-Duran 179

13 The media in Venezuela: the revolution was televised, but no one was really watching / Andres Canizalez, Jairo Lugo-Ocando 193

14 Beyond national media systems: a medium for Latin America and the struggle for integration / Andres Canizalez, Jairo Lugo-Ocando 211.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780335222025

0335222021

0335222013

9780335222018

OCLC:

179805398