Media Capture in Africa and Latin America: Power and Resistance
Cham: Palgrave Macmillan (2025), xliii, 388 pp.
Contains index
Series: Palgrave Studies in Journalism and the Global South
ISBN 978-3-031-68962-8 (ebook); 978-3-031-68961-1 (print)
"How can current debates on ‘media capture’ be understood within the contexts of Africa and Latin America? This edited collection provides a nuanced exploration of media capture—a critical yet contested concept that examines and illuminates how media can become skewed in favour of power—while also highlighting spaces and strategies of resistance. By adopting a South-South perspective, it brings together scholars focused on these issues in both regions, featuring a dialogue between two leading scholars, Herman Wasserman and Silvio Waisbord in the Foreword. The book not only demonstrates how media practices in Africa and Latin America are influenced by the political economy of their media systems, but also contributes significantly to advancing empirical, theoretical, and comparative research on media in non-Western settings." (Publisher description)
1 Media Capture, Power, and Resistance in Transitional Democracies: Beyond 'Broad Brushstrokes' / Hayes Mawindi Mabweazara and Bethia Pearson, 1
PART I: CONCEPTUAL AND EMPIRICAL REFLECTIONS
2 Empirical Reflections on Cognitive News Media Capture in Africa and Latin America: Towards a Sociological (Re)Imagination / Hayes Mawindi Mabweazara and Bethia Pearson, 29
3 Political Transition and the Evolution of Media Capture in Ethiopia: Revisiting the Viability of the Polarised Pluralist Model / Téwodros W. Workneh, 59
PART II: POWER, POLITICS AND PLUTOCRACY
4 Media Capture as an Instrument of Power Culture in Brazil / Sonia V. Moreira and Nélia R. Del Bianco, 83
5 The "New Guardians" and Nuances of Media Capture in Ghana: Persistence or Rupture of Elite Power? / Wisdom J. Tettey and Kwame A. Anoff-Ntow, 107
6 The Nigerian Press and Its Plutocratic Relationship / Ufuoma Akpojivi and Olaniyan Akintola, 139
PART III: BEYOND TRADITIONAL FORMS AND PRACTICES OF CAPTURE
7 Media Capture in Morocco: Between Politics, Economics, and Platformisation / Bouziane Zaid, Abdelmalek El Kadoussi, Mohamed Ben Moussa, and Mohammed Ibahrine, 169
8 Media Capture Trends in Increasingly Digitalised Communication Ecologies: The Case of Environmental and LGBTI+ Activist Groups in Chile / David Jofré, 197
9 Alternative Media Under Conditions of Media Capture in Mexico: Is Resistance Enough for Responsive Journalism? / Manuel Alejandro Guerrero and Federico Mastrogiovanni, 221
PART IV: RESISTANCE, POLICY AND REGULATORY REGIMES
10 Resistance to Media Capture in Ghana: Examining the Role of Social Accountability Actors / Joseph Yaw Asomah, 249
11 Resisting Media Capture: Mobilising for Media Freedom in Uganda / Carl-Magnus Höglund and Johan Karlsson Schaffer, 275
12 New and Old Captured Policies, Resistances and Diversity in Media and Internet in Argentina / María Soledad Segura, Alejandro Linares, and Ana Bizberge, 311
13 Siege and Resistance: Media, Journalism, and Democracy in Colombia / Catalina Montoya Londoño and Jorge Iván Bonilla Vélez, 335
PART I: CONCEPTUAL AND EMPIRICAL REFLECTIONS
2 Empirical Reflections on Cognitive News Media Capture in Africa and Latin America: Towards a Sociological (Re)Imagination / Hayes Mawindi Mabweazara and Bethia Pearson, 29
3 Political Transition and the Evolution of Media Capture in Ethiopia: Revisiting the Viability of the Polarised Pluralist Model / Téwodros W. Workneh, 59
PART II: POWER, POLITICS AND PLUTOCRACY
4 Media Capture as an Instrument of Power Culture in Brazil / Sonia V. Moreira and Nélia R. Del Bianco, 83
5 The "New Guardians" and Nuances of Media Capture in Ghana: Persistence or Rupture of Elite Power? / Wisdom J. Tettey and Kwame A. Anoff-Ntow, 107
6 The Nigerian Press and Its Plutocratic Relationship / Ufuoma Akpojivi and Olaniyan Akintola, 139
PART III: BEYOND TRADITIONAL FORMS AND PRACTICES OF CAPTURE
7 Media Capture in Morocco: Between Politics, Economics, and Platformisation / Bouziane Zaid, Abdelmalek El Kadoussi, Mohamed Ben Moussa, and Mohammed Ibahrine, 169
8 Media Capture Trends in Increasingly Digitalised Communication Ecologies: The Case of Environmental and LGBTI+ Activist Groups in Chile / David Jofré, 197
9 Alternative Media Under Conditions of Media Capture in Mexico: Is Resistance Enough for Responsive Journalism? / Manuel Alejandro Guerrero and Federico Mastrogiovanni, 221
PART IV: RESISTANCE, POLICY AND REGULATORY REGIMES
10 Resistance to Media Capture in Ghana: Examining the Role of Social Accountability Actors / Joseph Yaw Asomah, 249
11 Resisting Media Capture: Mobilising for Media Freedom in Uganda / Carl-Magnus Höglund and Johan Karlsson Schaffer, 275
12 New and Old Captured Policies, Resistances and Diversity in Media and Internet in Argentina / María Soledad Segura, Alejandro Linares, and Ana Bizberge, 311
13 Siege and Resistance: Media, Journalism, and Democracy in Colombia / Catalina Montoya Londoño and Jorge Iván Bonilla Vélez, 335
