Table of Contents
- Introduction (Elizabeth Fox and Silvio Waisbord)
- Chapter One. Local Politics, Global Media (Elizabeth Fox and
Silvio Waisbord)
- Chapter Two. Transforming Television in Argentina: Market
Development and Policy Reform in the 1990s (Hernán Galperín)
- Chapter Three. Mass Media in Brazil: Modernization to Prevent
Change (Roberto Amaral; Translated by Silvio Waisbord and Elizabeth
Fox)
- Chapter Four. The Triumph of the Media Elite in Postwar Central
America (Rick Rockwell and Noreene Janus)
- Chapter Five. The Reform of National Television in Chile
(Valerio Fuenzalida; Translated by Elizabeth Fox)
- Chapter Six. The Colombian Media: Modes and Perspective in
Television (Fernando Calero Aparicio; Translated by Elizabeth
Fox)
- Chapter Seven. Mexico: The Fox Factor (Rick Rockwell)
- Chapter Eight. Mexico and Brazil: The Aging Dynasties (John
Sinclair)
- Chapter Nine. The Transitional Labyrinth in an Emerging
Democracy: Broadcasting Policies in Paraguay (Aníbal Orué
Pozzo)
- Chapter Ten. Peruvian Media in the 1990s: From Deregulation to
Reorganization (Luis Peirano; Translated by Elizabeth Fox)
- Chapter Eleven. Television and the New Uruguayan State (Roque
Faraone; Translated by Silvio Waisbord)
- Chapter Twelve. Venezuela and the Media: The New Paradigm (Jose
Antonio Mayobre)
- References
- Index
Promotional Information
"This book makes an important contribution in bringing together a
wide range of essays that address the relation between globalizing
media industries and the state in contemporary Latin America. The
contributors are very solid, very deeply knowledgeable about the
countries they are addressing; this is an impressive assemblage of
expertise from across the region." -- Daniel C. Hallin, Professor
of Communication and Political Science, University of California,
San Diego
About the Author
Elizabeth Fox is Senior Advisor, Health Communications, USAID in
Washington, D.C. Silvio Waisbord is Associate Professor of
Journalism and Media Studies and Director of the Journalism
Resource Institute at Rutgers University.
Reviews
"This book makes an important contribution in bringing together a
wide range of essays that address the relation between globalizing
media industries and the state in contemporary Latin America. The
contributors are very solid, very deeply knowledgeable about the
countries they are addressing; this is an impressive assemblage of
expertise from across the region." Daniel C. Hallin, Professor of
Communication and Political Science, University of California, San
Diego