Media power in Central America / Rick J. Rockwell and Noreene Janus.

Media power in Central America /

Country by country, the authors deal with the specific conditions of government-sponsored media repression, economic censorship, corruption, and consumer trends that shape the political landscape. Challenging the notion of the media as a democratizing force, Media Power in Central America shows how...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Rockwell, Rick J., 1958-
Other Authors: Janus, Noreene
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2003]
Series:History of communication.
Subjects:
Mass media > Political aspects > Central America.
Mass media > Economic aspects > Central America.
Democracy > Central America.
United States > Foreign relations > Central America.
Central America > Foreign relations > United States.
Central America > Politics and government > 1979-
Online Access: Full text (Wentworth users only)
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • Honduras and the media oligarchy
  • El Salvador's newly respun corporatism
  • Panama's media civil war
  • The return of the conservatives in Nicaragua
  • Guatemala's struggle with manipulation
  • Costa Rica, the exception that proves the rule
  • State power, the static in the system
  • The threats to Central American journalism
  • Corruption and corporate censorship
  • The postwar evolution.

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