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

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"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