Politica Economica De Los Medios En Latinoamerica

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CAMPUS GUADALAJARA







José Carlos Corroy Bremont







A00354143







“POLITICAL ECONOMY OF MEDIA IN LATIN AMERICA”







International Communication

Final Paper





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ABSTRACT-----------------------------------------------------------------------------3

BACKGROUND OF MEDIA IN LATIN AMERICA --------------------------4DEMOCRACY AND THE MEDIA-------------------------------------------------6

MEDIA GLOBALIZATION----------------------------------------------------------8

COMMUNICATIONS POLICY----------------------------------------------------10

TELEVISION AS AN IMPORTANT MEDIA------------------------------------11

HISTORY OF TELEVISION IN LATIN AMERICA---------------------------12

TELEVISION INARGENTINA & BRAZIL--------------------------------------13

TELEVISION IN MEXICO----------------------------------------------------------15

CONCLUSION-------------------------------------------------------------------------19

ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY---------------------------------------------------20

OTHER BIBLIOGRAPHY------------------------------------------------------------24ABSTRACT

The media system in Latin America is considered different from other media systems around the world, it is important to mention that this paper is made with the purpose of finding the relation between politics and media in countries of Latin America, trying to focus the majority of information in the case of Mexico. Is well known that the policy in thisregion has influenced a lot the media, bringing the case of monopolies in television in most of the countries, where is really common to find just one or two main TV companies that control the information that is given to the public. Talking about other media like radio and newspapers, they are also regulated by political economy, but in this case it is possible to see more companies that provideinformation to the population of each country, although there is not a monopoly, must of these media public or transmit just the information that governments want. In the case of Mexico, where the right to freedom of opinion is permitted, some media really say the real situation that happens in the country, but the majority just focus its information in what they consider is allowed by politics.The idea of this paper is also to analyze how media influence people to take a decision in many aspects, if every time somebody is watching or listening to some commercial, this person will be prejudiced to do what this commercial says. Basing this aspect in the case of Mexico, this year is an electoral year, so must of the information given by media is related to politics and economy. People isbombed with a lot of commercials that make them act unconsciously, so the idea of government is to influenced people to take a decision that only will benefit a few people. This paper includes the point of view of some authors and it was made as a comparison of opinions and my own perspective.





BACKGROUND OF MEDIA IN LATIN AMERICA

The modern transformation process that Latin America hasexperienced since the decade of the eighties until now with the application of market laws in all areas of life has brought profound changes in economic, political, social, agricultural, technological, mental and legal structures of our region. These changes have also transformed the life systems, organization, work, education, production, competition, etc. of majority of people in Latin America.But such changes have not only impacted the economic and political base of Latin American societies, but especially have a strong impact on the cultural, informational and spiritual needs of our region. Given this strong historical reality, the problem is not to ask if Latin America accept or not the cultural and informational globalization that has been imposed and that has traversed the...