"This article explores the consumption patterns of local and foreign film and television content of Mexican audiences living in the Northeast region of the country, a region bordering with the United States. Based on telephone surveys in four of the largest cities in the area (Reynosa, Monterrey, Sa
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ltillo and Torreón), the study presents data about television consumption that suggest that cultural proximity factors are stronger in Mexican northerners than their geographical, commercial and historical proximity to the US. The concept of cultural discount seems to apply in this part of Mexico, due to the differences in language, practices and traditions despite the proximity and familiarity with US culture (except in the case of Hollywood films, as in many other countries in the world)." (Abstract)
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"This report investigates the relationships between media freedoms, financial sustainability of media in emerging markets, and international media support. It is based on a survey of more than 220 newspapers and media executives in more than sixty countries in Africa, Asia, Europe and the Americas,
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and on five in-depth country studies: Egypt, Georgia, Guatemala, Mozambique and Vietnam. Research results indicate that media executives see the greatest opportunities in three principle areas: investing in new technology and multimedia operations; developing journalists’ skills; and enhancing the skills of staff in commercial departments to improve revenue and efficiency." (Publisher description)
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"Cuando a finales del año 2008 algunos especialistas bolivianos de la comunicación organizamos de manera independiente el "Seminario internacional sobre la radio local en América Latina: políticas y legislación", nos propusimos reunir a lo más representativo del pensamiento latinoamericano - m
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ás algunos colegas europeos - sobre comunicación participativa, y en particular sobre radio comunitaria y radio local. Los textos de este libro son una prueba de la profundidad del pensamiento y de la calidad de la expresión de quinese han reflexionado sobre el tema. Todos confluyen en torno a una agenda común, que no es una agenda institucional, sino una agenda colectiva engarzada en el eje del derecho a la comunicación. Los aportes, provocadores y creativos, van en ese sentido." (Cubierta del libro)
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"This book highlights the importance of the news media as watchdogs, agenda setters and gatekeepers for the quality of democratic deliberation in the public sphere. At the same time, it theorizes that the capacity of journalists and media systems to fulfill these roles depends on the broader context
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determined by the profession, the market and the state. Media systems' performance often falls far short of the ideals, as succesive case studies from different world regions demonstrate. Finally, the book asks what policy interventions work effectively to close the gap between the democratic promise and perfomance of the news media as an institution. The final chapter, "Policy recommendations", concludes (page 406): "Interventions include reforms directed at strengthening the journalistic profession, notably institutional capacity building, through bodies such as press councils, press freedom advocacy NGOs, and organizations concerned with journalistic training and accreditation. Other important reforms seek to overcome market failures, including developing a regulatory framework for media systems to ensure pluralism of ownership and diversity of contents. Finally, policies also address the role of the state, including deregulation to shift state-run broadcasting to public service broadcasting, overseen by independent broadcasting regulatory bodies, and the protection of constitutional principles of freedom of the press, speech, and expression." (commbox)
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"Radio Santa Clara, a Catholic radio station in Costa Rica, used the opportunity of its 25th anniversary for an extensive review of its developments as a project committed to the people of San Carlos, the northern region of the country. Supported by ALER, the Latin American Association of Radio Educ
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ation, and Humberto Vandenbulcke as editor, Radio Santa Clara made the systematisation of their experiences available to a broader public, titled "En la punta de la ola" ["On the crest of the wave"], also providing valuable input for other radio stations, both in and outside of Latin America. After a short introduction of the process, the publication presents the experiences of Radio Santa Clara concerning its institution building, social sustainability, the political role of the station in the region, its impact, and its concept of financial sustainability." (CAMECO Update 2-2010)
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"Branching off from radionovelas, the telenovela was exported from pre-Castro Cuba during the 1950s. The essays found in Telenovelas covers a broad view of the genre, television's impact in Latino culture, as well as more in-depth discussions of specific telenovelas throughout the Spanish-speaking t
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elevision audience in the North America. Also explored is how telenovelas depict stereotypes, respond to gender and class roles, and examines the differences in topic and thematic choices as well as production values unique to each country." (Publisher description)
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"Diversos estudios han observado el efecto que puede tener el consumo de televisión en los estereotipos o rasgos con que las personas identifican a los grupos minoritarios (Busselle y Crandall, 2002). En el caso mexicano, aunque el colectivo indígena de la población ha sido estudiado desde divers
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as disciplinas, sin embargo siguen siendo escasos los análisis sobre su representación mediática o sobre la percepción pública que se tiene de este colectivo. A tal efecto, se realizó una investigación mediante cuestionario, aplicado a 447 estudiantes de la Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, el Tecnológico de Monterrey y la Universidad Anáhuac, a los que se les preguntó por su consumo de televisión, los rasgos que consideraban que definían a los indígenas mexicanos y sus percepciones prejuiciosas respecto de este grupo social. Los resultados mostraron que el consumo de televisión no explicaba la generación de estereotipos negativos o positivos. Además, se detectó que el prejuicio aumentaba cuando era mayor el consumo televisivo y la presencia de estereotipos negativos, mientras que disminuía si los estereotipos positivos estaban presentes." (Resumen)
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"Jenseits von Kulturkritik und Rechtfertigungsrhetorik untersucht Joachim Michael die Telenovela als Ergebnis des medialen Umbruchs der lateinamerikanischen Kulturen. Er zeigt, dass die Telenovela mehr als nur ein Format ist – sie markiert eine spezifische Kultur, deren eigentümliche Faszination
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sich aus dem televisionären Blickregime des Genres speist. Zudem ist sie in der lateinamerikanischen Moderne und ihrem Begehren nach nationaler Emanzipation verwurzelt. Hierin finden sich die Voraussetzungen für die allabendliche ›Tele-ImagiNation‹ der Gattung." (Verlagsbeschreibung)
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