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The International Political Economy of Communication

Media and Power in South America

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  • © 2014

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Editors:
  1. Cheryl Martens

    1. Universidad de las Américas, Ecuador
      Bournemouth University, UK

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  2. Ernesto Vivares

    1. Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales (FLACSO), Ecuador

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  3. Robert W. McChesney

    1. University of Illinois, USA

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Part of the book series: International Political Economy Series (IPES)

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Table of contents (11 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxi
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  2. Introduction

    1. Introduction

      • Cheryl Martens, Ernesto Vivares
      Pages 1-8

  4. The Politics and Cultural Practices of Media and Power in South America

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 63-63
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    2. The Fight for Public Opinion: From the Mediatization of Politics to the Politicization of the Media in Ecuador

      • Mauro Cerbino, Isabel Ramos, Marcia Maluf, Diana Coryat
      Pages 65-83

    3. Audiovisual Services Law No. 26.522: Cultural Practices, Power and Communication

      • Susana Sel, Pablo Gasloli
      Pages 84-99

    4. Media and Empowerment in Venezuela: Towards a Participatory Public-Media Space

      • Ximena Gonzalez Broquen
      Pages 100-115

    5. The Internet for the Public Interest: Overcoming the Digital Divide in Brazil

      • Carolina Matos
      Pages 116-131

    6. The Endless Battle: Populism and Mainstream Media

      • Roberto Follari
      Pages 132-145

  5. Regionalism and the International Political Economy of Communication

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 147-147
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    2. Media and Multilateralism in South America: How the International Matters to Domestic Media Reform

      • Katherine M. A. Reilly
      Pages 149-168

    3. Towards a Critical IPE of Media, Power and Regionalism

      • Ernesto Vivares, Cheryl Martens
      Pages 169-171

  6. Back Matter

    Pages 172-195
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About this book

This collection reflects on the international political economy of media and the valuable lessons to be learned from the media reforms currently taking place across South America. The contributors present a range of theoretical and methodological perspectives on the ongoing battle for media space in South America, and the volume includes a foreword by Ernesto Laclau.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Universidad de las Américas, Ecuador

    Cheryl Martens

  • Bournemouth University, UK

    Cheryl Martens

  • Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales (FLACSO), Ecuador

    Ernesto Vivares

  • University of Illinois, USA

    Robert W. McChesney

About the editors

Cheryl Martens is Head of Research at the Universidad de las Américas, Quito, Ecuador and Senior Lecturer in the Media School at Bournemouth University, UK. She holds a PhD in Sociology from the University of Manchester, UK, and has lectured at universities in Argentina, Ecuador, Slovakia, Japan and the United Kingdom. Her research and publications concentrate on the sociology and political economy of communication and media policy. She is co-editor of Strategies for Media Reform: International Perspectives (forthcoming 2015).


Ernesto Vivares is Research Professor in the International Relations and Communications Department at the Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales (FLACSO), Ecuador. His work focuses on the political economy of South American regionalism and development. His recent publications include Financing Regional Growth and the Inter-American Development Bank (2013) and Exploring the NewSouth American Regionalism (2014).


Robert W. McChesney is the Gutgsell Endowed Professor in the Department of
Communication at the University of Illinois, USA. He is the co-founder of Free Press, a national media reform organization. His work concentrates on the history and political economy of communication, emphasizing the role media play in democratic and capitalist societies. McChesney has written or edited 27 books, which have been translated into 31 languages, and he is the editor, with John Nerone, of The History of Communication series.



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