Newsrooms in Conflict

"Newsrooms in Conflict examines the dramatic changes within Mexican society, politics, and journalism that transformed an authoritarian media institution into a hybrid system of journalism with significant implications for deepening democracy in the country. Using extensive interviews with journalists and content analysis spanning more than two decades, Sallie Hughes identifies the patterns of newsroom transformation that explain how Mexican journalism changed from a passive, and even collusive, monolithic institution into differential clusters of news organizations exhibiting citizen-oriented, market-driven, and adaptive authoritarian tendencies. Hughes explores the factors that brought about this transformation, including not only the democratic upheaval within Mexico and the role of the market, but also the diffusion of civic ideas, the transformation of professional identities, and, most significantly, the profound changes made within the newsrooms themselves."--Jacket.

Year

2006

Language

English

Publisher

University of Pittsburgh Press

Editions

3

Pages

256

ISBN

9780822959281

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