"La rica producción intelectual y práctica en Latinoamérica parece encontrar en los últimos tiempos un merecido reconocimiento en el ámbito de la comunicación para el cambio social. Las siguientes líneas intentan evaluar el papel jugado por el continente en la ruptura del paradigma dominante
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modernizador, así como en la concepción de un modelo más integrado y dialógico de la comunicación (y el desarrollo). Mediante el análisis de la proyección del pensamiento dentro y fuera de sus fronteras, se emprenderá un recorrido por las principales teorías latinoamericanas en el controvertido escenario académico de la comunicación." (Abstract)
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"Several Latin American countries have experienced the emergence of neopopulist politicians who eschew ties to traditional parties and orient their campaigns toward the atomized poor. This article examines the role of television in the electoral success of these politicians. Using survey data, I ass
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ess the impact of television exposure on vote choice in the 1989 election of Fernando Collor de Mello in Brazil, the 2000 election of Alberto Fujimori in Peru, and the 2001 election of Alejandro Toledo in Peru. These cases achieve variation on two predictors of media effects: the presence of a neopopulist outsider and biased television coverage of the campaign. Statistical analysis confirms our theoretical expectations of media effects in the first two elections (where coverage was biased) but not in the third. These findings suggest that bias is the more reliable predictor of television’s impact on Latin American presidential elections, rather than the presence of a neopopulist candidate." (Abstract)
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"In this volume, experts discuss the content, audiences, and cultural and legal aspects of their respective countries, all of which are major TV markets. The country-specific chapters draw on the individual insights, expertise, and currency of 10 resident authors. Contributions represent every hemis
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phere of the globe, offering detailed examinations of media entertainment in United Kingdom, Germany, Egypt, Nigeria, South Africa, India, Japan, China, Brazil, and Mexico. The two concluding chapters provide cross-national case studies that look at familiar TV experiences - The Olympics and the "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire" show - in global and novel ways." (Publisher description)
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"Due to the presence of over 12 million people from almost 60 different ethnic groups, Mexico is a multicultural/ethnic country. Indigenous radio has developed under the auspices of a governmental organization charged with policy-making directed toward these populations. Thus a hybrid model for radi
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o has emerged combining public, state, and local community media characteristics. Based upon qualitative research conducted in the geographical area covered by the oldest of these stations, this article focuses on the sociocultural repercussions of indigenous radio and shows how, although linked to the governmental apparatus, it has subtly contributed to the transformation of the dominant symbolic order and has strengthened the sociocultural cohesion among the three ethnic groups who inhabit the region. The research reveals the relevance of the intercommunication which radio facilitates and shows how beyond direct exposure to the medium, radio produces a trans-territorial and trans-generational impact in the social imagination of indigenous populations." (Abstract)
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"El artículo presenta los resultados de un estudio diagnóstico de las radios mineras sindicales de Bolivia: Radio Nacional de Huanuni (Huanuni-Oruro), Radio Vanguardia (Colquiri-La Paz) y Radio 16 de Marzo (Bolívar-Oruro) que actualmente son las únicas emisoras existentes de las más de veinte q
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ue llegaron a funcionar en el país entre la década del sesenta y setenta. Las radios mineras en Bolivia, pioneras en lo que se conoce como comunicación alternativa, popular, democrática o participativa, se debaten hoy en un trance de sobrevivencia por factores económicos, sociales, técnicos y profesionales." (Resumen)
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