1st Edition
Media Power and Democratization in Brazil TV Globo and the Dilemmas of Political Accountability
By Mauro Porto
Copyright 2012
240 Pages
8 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
240 Pages
8 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
240 Pages
8 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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In this book, Porto analyzes the role of TV Globo in the democratization of Brazil. TV Globo, one of the world's largest media conglomerates, has a dominant position in Brazil's communications landscape. It also exports telenovelas to more than 130 countries and has established joint ventures with transnational media conglomerates. Beginning in the mid-1990s, TV Globo began a process of... Read more
Introduction I. Paradigms of Democratization and Media Change 1. Theories of Democratization and Political Representation 2. Media Transformation and Political Accountability in New Democracies II. TV Globo and Democratization in Brazil 3. TV Globo's Transformation and Politics in Brazil 4. Shifts in News Coverage of Presidential Elections 5. Governmental News Management and Presidential Accountability 6. Telenovelas, Symbolic Representation, and National Identity 7. Media Accountability Movements and the Opening of TV Globo 8. Conclusion
Biography
Mauro Porto is Assistant Professor in the Department of Communication at Tulane University.
