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Record Nr.

UNINA9910780079503321

Autore

Lawson Chappell

Titolo

Building the fourth estate : democratization and the rise of a free press in Mexico / / Chappell Lawson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berkeley, CA : , : University of California Press, , [2002]

©2002

ISBN

0-520-93620-5

1-59734-515-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (303 p.)

Disciplina

323.44/5/0972

Soggetti

Freedom of the press

Freedom of the press - Mexico

Government and the press

Government and the press-- Mexico-- History-- 20th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- List of Tables -- Preface -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The Perfect Dictatorship -- 3. Media Control under the Perfect Dictatorship -- 4. Media Coverage under the Perfect Dictatorship -- 5. Opening Mexico's Print Media -- 6. Opening Mexico's Broadcast Media -- 7. Media Opening and Civil Society in Mexico -- 8. Media Opening, Scandal, and Regime Delegitimation -- 9. Media Opening, Campaigns, and Elections -- 10. Conclusions -- Appendix: Data for Figures and Tables -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

Based on an in-depth examination of Mexico's print and broadcast media over the last twenty-five years, this book is the most richly detailed account available of the role of the media in democratization, demonstrating the reciprocal relationship between changes in the press and changes in the political system. In addition to illuminating the nature of political change in Mexico, this accessibly written study also has broad implications for understanding the role of the mass media in democratization around the world.