Com/SF 140C
Comparative Media Systems: Latin America and the Caribbean

Fall, 1997
Prof. Hallin
MWF 9:05, WLH 2112

Texts to Purchase:

Elizabeth Fox, Media and Politics in Latin America
William A. Orme, Jr., A Culture of Collusion

Development of the Media in Latin America

James Schwoch, The American Radio Industry and its Latin American Activities, 1900-1930, ch. 4
Joy E. Hayes, "Early Mexican Radio Broadcasting: Media Imperialism, State Paternalism, or Mexican Nationalism?" Studies in Latin American Popular Culture, 1993
John Sinclair, "Dependent Development and Broadcasting: The Mexican Formula," Media, Culture and Society, 1986
Silvio Waisbord, "Leviathan Dreams: State and Broadcasting in South America," The Communication Review, 1995
Alan O'Connor, "The Miners' Radio Stations in Bolivia: A Culture of Resistance," Journal of Communication, 1990
Joseph Straubhaar, "Beyond Media Imperialism: Asymmetrical Interdependence and Cultural Proximity," Critical Studies in Mass Communication, 1991
Enrique E. Sánchez-Ruiz, "Some Remarks on NAFTA and the Mexican Audiovisual Field," Mexican Journal of Communication, 1995

Media and Politics

Elizabeth Fox, Media and Politics in Latin America, chs, 3,4,6,7,9,12,13
José Antonio Mayobre, "Politics, Media and Modern Democracy: The Case of Venezuela," from Swanson and Mancini (eds), Politics, Media and Modern Democracy
Silvio Waisbord, "Knocking on Newsroom Doors: The Press and Political Scandal in Argentina," Political Communication, 1994
Philip Kretsedemas, "De-Regulated Identities: Talk Radio and the Transformation of Political Discourse in Jamaica"

The Case of Brazil

Joseph A. Page, The Brazilians, chs. 5,7
Alma Guillermoprieto, "Obsessed in Rio," The New Yorker, Aug. 16, 1993
Conrad Kottak, "Television's Impact on Values and Local Life in Brazil," Journal of Communication, 1991
Venicio A. da Lima, "The State, Television and Political Power in Brazil," Critical Studies in Mass Communication, 1988
Cesar Guimarães and Roberto Amaral, "Brazilian Television: A Rapid Conversion to the New Order," in Fox, Television and Politics in Latin America

The Case of Mexico

Alan Riding, Distant Neighbors, ch. 4
Reubén Sergio and Caletti Kaplan, "Communication Policies in Mexico: an Historical Paradox of Words and Action," in Fox, Media and Politics in Latin America
Ilya Adler, "The Mexican Case: The Media in the 1988 Presidential Election," from Skidmore, Television Politics and the Transition to Democracy in Latin America
William A. Orme, Jr., A Culture of Collusion: An Inside Look at the Mexican Press
Daniel C. Hallin, "Dos Instituciones, un Camino: Television and the State in Mexico"
José Carlos Lozano, "Media Reception on the Mexican Border with the United States," from McAnany and Wilkins, Mass Media and Free Trade



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