Ibero-American observatories in the sectors of information, communication and                 culture: a brief history

Albornoz, Luis Alfonso; Herschmann, Micael

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“…But the economic and political impact of media institutions also led other related organizations such as professional associations, unions and foundations to become increasingly concerned with debates about media influence. While these organizations frequently stemmed from conservative or confessional groups concerned with the ‘quality’ or ‘morality’ of media content, there were also several progressive secular groups that formed media observatories oriented towards issues of cultural diversity, concentration and influence of economic and political power in the media (Albornoz and Herschmann, 2008).…”

Section: Domestic Civil Societymentioning

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Against the current: The emergence of a media democratization policy agenda in Latin America

Kitzberger

2017

Global Media and Communication

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In Latin America, the role of the media in democratic societies has recently become the subject of public debates, struggles and political mobilizations that have denaturalized the existing media order and established a distinct policy agenda oriented towards media democratization. This region-wide trend-a counter-tendency to the globally dominant market-driven orientation of media and telecommunication policies-requires explanation. This article stresses that it cannot be attributed to a spontaneous reaction to market concentration or media elitism, just as it cannot be reduced to a top-down process driven by populist leaders seeking to control the media. Drawing on social movement literature, the article traces four interacting processes-domestic network mobilization, reframing processes, transnational activism and changes in political elite alignments-that have brought about the unprecedented politicization of the Latin American media order.

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Section: Domestic Civil Societymentioning

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Against the current: The emergence of a media democratization policy agenda in Latin America

Kitzberger

2017

Global Media and Communication

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“…What I find interesting is that it is a reflection that leads to the need for a broad alliance with regard to the reading of the media and to forms of action as a response. They are not simply organizations with the right to criticize on account of having academic ability but rather their action also involves reflecting on the participative process in this criticism (Albornoz and Herschmann, 2008).…”

Section: Principles Rights and Modes Of Interventionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Power, Media, Culture

Albornoz¹

2015

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This series contributes to exploring, in creative and transdisciplinary manners, the challenges posed by fast-evolving communication developments in an increasingly connected world. It provides a venue for collecting state-of-the-art, sound and innovative scholarly perspectives on specific aspects of communication transformations.Due to ever-increasing global interactions among individuals, communities and communication devices, scholars face the challenge of rethinking the very categories -of space, time, boundaries and technology -through which communication and media studies have evolved, thus contributing to identifying and refining concepts, theories and methods to explore the diverse realities of communication in a changing world.The International Association for Media and Communication Research (IAMCR) has a long tradition of being a truly international academic association, with members working in all corners of the globe. This unique feature makes it possible to include in the Palgrave/IAMCR series contributions from highly diverse geocultural and disciplinary traditions.The series fosters and generates research that explores critical communication and media concerns from a variety of theoretical and methodological approaches. Outstanding contributions from non-Anglophone areas will also be made available to a global readership, after translation into English.

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“…Common characteristics of the media systems of most of the countries of Latin America are high rates of concentration of media ownership, symbiotic relations between media and political leaders, limited plurality of voices in the media and several forms of censorship, and lack of reliable statistics gathered by independent organizations (Albornoz and Herschmann 2008 ).…”

Section: State and Commercial Infl Uences Across Countriesmentioning

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Mass Media, Journalism, Society, and Culture

Mooij¹

2013

Human and Mediated Communication Around the World

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Ibero-American observatories in the sectors of information, communication and culture: a brief history

Cited by 4 publications

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Against the current: The emergence of a media democratization policy agenda in Latin America

Against the current: The emergence of a media democratization policy agenda in Latin America

Power, Media, Culture

Mass Media, Journalism, Society, and Culture

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