Newsrooms in conflict : journalism and the democratization of Mexico / Sallie Hughes.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hughes, Sallie, author.

Series:

Pitt Latin American series.

Pitt Latin American Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Journalism--Political aspects--Mexico--History--20th century.

Journalism.

Journalism--Social aspects--Mexico--History--20th century.

Press and politics--Mexico--History--20th century.

Press and politics.

Mexico.

Genre:

History

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (297 pages) : illustrations, maps.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania : University of Pittsburgh Press, 2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Hughes explores the factors that brought about this transformation, including not only the democratic upheaval within Mexico and the role of the market, but also the diffusion of civic ideas, the transformation of professional identities, and, most significantly, the profound changes made within the newsrooms themselves."--Jacket

"Newsrooms in Conflict examines the dramatic changes within Mexican society, politics, and journalism that transformed an authoritarian media institution into a hybrid system of journalism with significant implications for deepening democracy in the country. Using extensive interviews with journalists and content analysis spanning more than two decades, Sallie Hughes identifies the patterns of newsroom transformation that explain how Mexican journalism changed from a passive, and even collusive, monolithic institution into differential clusters of news organizations exhibiting citizen-oriented, market-driven, and adaptive authoritarian tendencies

Contents:

Civic journalism and the transformation of an authoritarian media institution

Media transformation through institutional lenses

Authoritarian and democratic models of news production

Ending the monologue: the rise of civic journalism

The limits to civic journalism

How institutional entrepreneurs created civic newsrooms

Alternatives to the civic newsroom: inertial and adaptive authoritarianism

Market-driven journalism

The durability of civic journalism

Media transformation in comparative perspective.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-278) and index.

ISBN:

9780822973041

0822973049

OCLC:

908670908