Building the fourth estate : democratization and the rise of a free press in Mexico / Chappell H. Lawson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lawson, Chappell H., 1967-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Government and the press--Mexico--History--20th century.

Government and the press.

Freedom of the press--Mexico.

Freedom of the press.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (303 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Berkeley : University of California Press, c2002.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Based on an in-depth examination of Mexico's print and broadcast media over the last twenty-five years, this book is the most richly detailed account available of the role of the media in democratization, demonstrating the reciprocal relationship between changes in the press and changes in the political system. In addition to illuminating the nature of political change in Mexico, this accessibly written study also has broad implications for understanding the role of the mass media in democratization around the world.

Contents:

Front matter

Contents

List of Illustrations

List of Tables

Preface

1. Introduction

2. The Perfect Dictatorship

3. Media Control under the Perfect Dictatorship

4. Media Coverage under the Perfect Dictatorship

5. Opening Mexico's Print Media

6. Opening Mexico's Broadcast Media

7. Media Opening and Civil Society in Mexico

8. Media Opening, Scandal, and Regime Delegitimation

9. Media Opening, Campaigns, and Elections

10. Conclusions

Appendix: Data for Figures and Tables

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 259-280) and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 24. Apr 2020)

ISBN:

9780520936201

0520936205

9781597345156

1597345156

OCLC:

475927588