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Media power and democratization in Brazil : TV Globo and the dilemmas of political accountability / Mauro P. Porto.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Porto, Mauro P. (Mauro Pereira), 1963- author.
- Series:
- Routledge Advances in Internationalizing Media Studies
- Routledge advances in internationalizing media studies ; 8
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Rede Globo.
- Democratization--Brazil.
- Democratization.
- Television and politics--Brazil.
- Television and politics.
- Television in politics--Brazil.
- Television in politics.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (241 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Routledge, 2012.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- In this book, Porto analyzes the role of TV Globo in the democratization of Brazil. TV Globo, one of the world's largest media conglomerates, has a dominant position in Brazil's communications landscape. It also exports telenovelas to more than 130 countries and has established joint ventures with transnational media conglomerates. Beginning in the mid-1990s, TV Globo began a process of ""opening,"" replacing its authoritarian model of journalism with a more independent reporting style. Representations of Brazil in prime time telenovelas have also shifted. Given this shift, Porto considers
- Contents:
- Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of Figures and Tables; Acknowledgments; Introduction; PART I Paradigms of Democratization and Media Change; 1 Theories of Democratization and Political Representation; 2 Media Transformation and Political Accountability in New Democracies; PART II TV Globo and Democratization in Brazil; 3 TV Globo's Transformation and Politics in Brazil; 4 Shifts in News Coverage of Presidential Elections; 5 Government News Management and Presidential Accountability; 6 Telenovelas, Symbolic Representation and National Identity
- 7 Media Accountability Movements and the Opening of TV GloboConclusion; Notes; Appendix 1; Appendix 2; Bibliography; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-136-31632-9
- 1-283-60608-9
- 9786613918536
- 1-136-31633-7
- 0-203-11963-0
- 9780203119631
- OCLC:
- 811505550
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