Mexican Watchdogs
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Mexican Watchdogs

The Rise of a Critical Press since the 1980s

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  3. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub
Available until 1 Jan |Learn more

Mexican Watchdogs

The Rise of a Critical Press since the 1980s

About this book

In the first narrative history of Mexico’s contemporary press, Andrew Paxman recounts the evolution of print and online media between the 1980s and the present. From showing widespread subservience toward authority to playing a watchdog role as the country democratized, journalism both reflected and propelled changes in Mexican society.

Paxman also traces how the media responded to outright state hostility and major threats to its existence, including a war on drugs that made Mexico the riskiest country for reporters outside a combat zone, a decline in revenue as readers and advertisers migrated to the internet, and a partial return to government cooptation. Based on interviews with 180 current and former journalists and extensive research in newspaper libraries, Mexican Watchdogs interweaves critical analysis with the stories of key reporters, editors, and publishers as well as the trajectories of Mexico’s leading print and online media.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright
  4. Contents
  5. List of Illustrations
  6. Preface: A History of Violence and Resistance
  7. Acknowledgments
  8. Map
  9. Introduction: An Expatriate Memoir
  10. Chapter 1. Prensa vendida: The (Mostly) Sell-Out Press, 1896ā€“1988
  11. Chapter 2. Combative Regional Papers and the Salinas Watershed
  12. Chapter 3. Siglo 21: Guadalajara Conceives a Prodigy
  13. Chapter 4. Reforma: Monterrey Conquers the Center
  14. Chapter 5. Challenges on the Left: Proceso
  15. Chapter 6. Challenges on the Left: La Jornada
  16. Chapter 7. Under President Fox: The Promise and Problems
  17. Chapter 8. The Press and the Powerful: AMLO, CalderĆ³n, Carlos Slim
  18. Chapter 9. Reporting on Crime Syndicates and the Corrupt
  19. Chapter 10. President PeƱa Nieto: Invented by Television, Crushed by the Internet
  20. Epilogue: The Fourth Estate and the ā€œFourth Transformationā€
  21. Notes
  22. Bibliography
  23. Index