On media censorship, freedom of expression and the risks of journalism in Mexico

Abstract

We present a classification of the types of censorship of media to frame the various issues that journalism and freedom of expression face in Mexico, which mainly include the role of the State in preventing or enforcing censorship, the monopoly of a few corporate groups that control most of the mass media and dictate fixed editorial lines throughout all of them, the effect of violence on journalism and the issues that are emerging around the freedom of expression in social media.

Values and vendettas: Populist science governance in Mexico

“…While Astillero has vehemently denied media accusations of outright censorship, particularly in comparison with the PRI era, press freedom organization Article 19 – itself already denounced by AMLO as an international ‘conservative’ organization – and other ONGs have pointed out that Mexico remains one of the deadliest places in the world to be a journalist ( Agren, 2021a ). González-Quiñones and Machin-Mastromatteo’s (2019 , p. 668) meta-study of journalistic violence in Mexico concludes that, contradicting the government’s claims, aggression against journalist from organized crime involves ‘around 14% of the cases, while the State is implicated in around 43%’, a view seconded by Arnoldo González and Rodelo (2020) .…”

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“…Some governments have pushed the envelope further by imposing censorship on the internet (Ovide, 2022 ). Such measures challenge the freedom of expression online (González-Quiñones & Machin-Mastromatteo, 2019 ) and contribute to polarization and political animosity among citizens (Frasz, 2022 ).…”