Format:
Online-Ressource (297 p)
ISBN:
9780252028021
Series Statement:
History of Communication
Content:
Media Power in Central America is unique in the field, very readable, and tells an exciting story about the relationship between strong commercial media and authoritarian regimes. Rockwell and Janus provide a valuable description and analysis of the history, politics, culture, and economics of the print and electronic media in the six countries.? -- Elizabeth Fox, senior advisor with USAID and the author of Latin American Broadcasting: From Tango to Telenovela_x000B_.
Content:
Cover -- Title Page -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1. Honduras and the Media Oligarchy -- 2. El Salvador's Newly Respun Corporatism -- 3. Panama's Media Civil War -- 4. The Return of the Conservatives in Nicaragua -- 5. Guatemala's Struggle with Manipulation -- 6. Costa Rica, the Exception That Proves the Rule -- 7. State Power, the Static in the System -- 8. The Threats to Central American Journalism -- 9. Corruption and Corporate Censorship -- 10. The Postwar Evolution -- notes -- bibliography -- index.
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780252092282
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780252028021
Language:
English
Keywords:
Electronic books
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