Media and Governance in Latin America: Toward a Plurality of Voices
New York et al.: Peter Lang (2020), viii, 273 pp.
ISBN 978-1-4331-6928-1 (pbk); 978-1-4331-6925-0 (online)
"This edited book aims at bringing together a range of contemporary expertise that can shed light on the relationship between media pluralism in Latin America and processes of democratization and social justice. In doing so, the authors of the book provide empirically grounded theoretical insight into the extent to which questions about media pluralism-broadly understood as the striving for diverse and inclusive media spheres-are an essential part of scholarly debates on democratic governance. The rise in recent years of authoritarianism, populism and nationalism, both in fragile and stable democratic systems, makes media pluralism an intellectual and empirical cornerstone of any debate about the future of democratic governance around the world." (Publisher description)
1 Introduction: Why Media Pluralism Matters for Democratic Governance / Ximena Orchard and Sara Garcia Santamaria, 1
PART I: THEORETICAL DEBATES AND PRODUCTION OF KNOWLEDGE ABOUT MEDIA AND COMMUNICATION IN LATIN AMERICA
2 Beyond Pluralism: Communication Rights and Civil Society in Latin America / María Soledad Segura, 21
3 Toward a Journalism-Other as a Paradigm of Latin American Journalistic Cultures Within the Framework of the Decolonial Turn / Martín Oller Alonso and María Cruz Tornay Márquez, 41
4 How to Incorporate Latin American Communication Studies into Northern/Western Circles? Reflections on Academic Pluralism as Co-Production / Florencia Enghel and Martín Becerra, 59
PART II: MEDIA, POLITICS, AND DEMOCRACY
5 Democracy as Corruption: The News Media and the Debunking of Democracy in Brazil / Afonso de Albuquerque and Juliana Gagliard, 77
6 Media in Authoritarian Contexts: A Logics Approach to Journalistic Professional Resistance in Cuba and Venezuela / Sara Garcia Santamaria and Virpi Salojarvi, 97
7 The Elite Echo-Chamber: Media Visibility as an Intra-Elite Political Resource / Ximena Orchard, 117
8 A Trajectory of Caudillo Press, Journalism, and the Authoritarian Dilemma in Venezuela / Edmundo Bracho-Polanco, 137
PART III: TECHNOLOGY, VOICE, AND PARTICIPATION
9 Commenting on Disaster: News Comments as a Representation of the Public's Voice / Magdalena Saldana, 161
10 Indigenous Media in Argentina: Beyond Media Pluralism, Toward Media Diversity, Through 'Communication with Identity' / Francesca Belotti, 183
11 Counter-Hegemonic Media Productionfrom Urban and Rural Margins in Brazil / Leonardo Custódio and Paola Sartoretto, 203
12 Young Chileans' Voices: The Fabric of Their Listening Practices While Consuming News / Constanza Gajardo Leon and Tabita Moreno Becerra, 225
13 Conclusion: New Maquilas for Old Powers? The (Un)Changing Face of Latin America's Media in the Post-Pink-Tide Era / Jairo Lugo-Ocando, Marcela Pizarro and Julieta Brambila, 243
Epilogue: Why the Digital Revolution Hasn't Made Media Pluralism Irrelevant: Communication Abundance and Concentration / Silvio Waisbord, 259
PART I: THEORETICAL DEBATES AND PRODUCTION OF KNOWLEDGE ABOUT MEDIA AND COMMUNICATION IN LATIN AMERICA
2 Beyond Pluralism: Communication Rights and Civil Society in Latin America / María Soledad Segura, 21
3 Toward a Journalism-Other as a Paradigm of Latin American Journalistic Cultures Within the Framework of the Decolonial Turn / Martín Oller Alonso and María Cruz Tornay Márquez, 41
4 How to Incorporate Latin American Communication Studies into Northern/Western Circles? Reflections on Academic Pluralism as Co-Production / Florencia Enghel and Martín Becerra, 59
PART II: MEDIA, POLITICS, AND DEMOCRACY
5 Democracy as Corruption: The News Media and the Debunking of Democracy in Brazil / Afonso de Albuquerque and Juliana Gagliard, 77
6 Media in Authoritarian Contexts: A Logics Approach to Journalistic Professional Resistance in Cuba and Venezuela / Sara Garcia Santamaria and Virpi Salojarvi, 97
7 The Elite Echo-Chamber: Media Visibility as an Intra-Elite Political Resource / Ximena Orchard, 117
8 A Trajectory of Caudillo Press, Journalism, and the Authoritarian Dilemma in Venezuela / Edmundo Bracho-Polanco, 137
PART III: TECHNOLOGY, VOICE, AND PARTICIPATION
9 Commenting on Disaster: News Comments as a Representation of the Public's Voice / Magdalena Saldana, 161
10 Indigenous Media in Argentina: Beyond Media Pluralism, Toward Media Diversity, Through 'Communication with Identity' / Francesca Belotti, 183
11 Counter-Hegemonic Media Productionfrom Urban and Rural Margins in Brazil / Leonardo Custódio and Paola Sartoretto, 203
12 Young Chileans' Voices: The Fabric of Their Listening Practices While Consuming News / Constanza Gajardo Leon and Tabita Moreno Becerra, 225
13 Conclusion: New Maquilas for Old Powers? The (Un)Changing Face of Latin America's Media in the Post-Pink-Tide Era / Jairo Lugo-Ocando, Marcela Pizarro and Julieta Brambila, 243
Epilogue: Why the Digital Revolution Hasn't Made Media Pluralism Irrelevant: Communication Abundance and Concentration / Silvio Waisbord, 259
