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Author Rockwell, Rick J., 1958-

Title Media power in Central America / Rick J. Rockwell and Noreene Janus.

Imprint Urbana, [Ill.] : University of Illinois Press, c2003.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe 3rd Floor Stacks  302.2309728 R595m 2003    ---  Available
Description xiv, 276 p. ; 24 cm.
Series History of communication
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. 251-262) and index.
Contents Honduras and the media oligarchy -- El Salvador's newly respun corporatism -- Panama's media civil war -- The return of the conservatives in Nicaragua -- Guatemala's struggle with manipulation -- Costa Rica, the exception that proves the rule -- State power, the static in the system -- The threats to Central American journalism -- Corruption and corporate censorship -- The postwar evolution.
Subject Mass media -- Political aspects -- Central America.
Mass media -- Economic aspects -- Central America.
Democracy -- Central America.
United States -- Foreign relations -- Central America.
Central America -- Foreign relations -- United States.
Central America -- Politics and government -- 1979-
Added Author Janus, Noreene.
ISBN 0252028023 (cloth : acid-free paper)

 
    
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