The Emergence of Political Pluralism in Mexican Broadcasting : Economics over Politics

ISBN-13: 9783639110999 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 320 str.

Manuel Alejandro Guerrero

Opis

Most of the literature on media and political transitions assumes or tries to prove thatthe media is either a promoter of democracy or a product of a democratic transition. The case of the broadcast media in Mexico is interesting because its coverage of political pluralism did not coincide with the timing of the political transition. Impartial and comprehensive coverage came later, when opposition parties were in control of state governments and the composition of the federal congress was already quite balanced. In Mexico, the political transition was a necessary, but not a sufficient condition for explaining the media s recent openness. But then, if the explanation is not found in politics, where should we look for the conditions that led the broadcast media towards more openness and autonomy? The emergence of political pluralism in broadcast media is studied here through an evaluation of the regulation, of the media otganizations, and of ways radio and television news broadcasts presented the news and other political information especially during different electoral campaigns from the 1980s to the 2000 presidential election.

O autorze

Manuel Alejandro Guerrero coordinates the Graduate
Programme in Communication at the Universidad Iberoamericana in
Mexico.He holds a Ph.D. in Political and Social Science
(European University Institute, Florence). His research focuses
on the role media plays in transparency and accountability in
new democracies.