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Record Nr.

UNINA9910785892703321

Autore

Porto Mauro P (Mauro Pereira), <1963-, >

Titolo

Media power and democratization in Brazil : TV Globo and the dilemmas of political accountability / / Mauro P. Porto

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Routledge, , 2012

ISBN

1-136-31632-9

1-283-60608-9

9786613918536

1-136-31633-7

0-203-11963-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (241 p.)

Collana

Routledge advances in internationalizing media studies ; ; 8

Disciplina

302.23/450981

302.2309

302.23450981

Soggetti

Democratization - Brazil

Television and politics - Brazil

Television in politics - Brazil

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of Figures and Tables; Acknowledgments; Introduction; PART I Paradigms of Democratization and Media Change; 1 Theories of Democratization and Political Representation; 2 Media Transformation and Political Accountability in New Democracies; PART II TV Globo and Democratization in Brazil; 3 TV Globo's Transformation and Politics in Brazil; 4 Shifts in News Coverage of Presidential Elections; 5 Government News Management and Presidential Accountability; 6 Telenovelas, Symbolic Representation and National Identity

7 Media Accountability Movements and the Opening of TV GloboConclusion; Notes; Appendix 1; Appendix 2; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

In this book, Porto analyzes the role of TV Globo in the democratization of Brazil. TV Globo, one of the world's largest media conglomerates, has a dominant position in Brazil's communications landscape. It also



exports telenovelas to more than 130 countries and has established joint ventures with transnational media conglomerates. Beginning in the mid-1990s, TV Globo began a process of ""opening,"" replacing its authoritarian model of journalism with a more independent reporting style. Representations of Brazil in prime time telenovelas have also shifted. Given this shift, Porto considers