Media Power and Democratization in Brazil: TV Globo and the Dilemmas of Political Accountability

Author:   Mauro Porto (Tulane University, USA) ,  Daya Thussu (Hong Kong Baptist University)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN:  

9780415720052


Pages:   240
Publication Date:   21 June 2013
Format:   Paperback
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Media Power and Democratization in Brazil: TV Globo and the Dilemmas of Political Accountability


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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 ""opening,"" replacing its authoritarian model of journalism with a more independent reporting style. Representations of Brazil in prime time telenovelas have also shifted. Given this shift, Porto considers some of the following questions: •What explains these changes in Brazil's most powerful media company? •How are they related to processes of political and social democratization? •How did TV Globo's opening affect Brazil's emerging democracy, especially in terms of the quality of political accountability mechanisms? Porto uses the Brazilian case of TV Globo to analyze the larger links between democratization, civil society mobilization, and media change in transitional societies.

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Author:   Mauro Porto (Tulane University, USA) ,  Daya Thussu (Hong Kong Baptist University)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.385kg
ISBN:  

9780415720052


ISBN 10:   0415720052
Pages:   240
Publication Date:   21 June 2013
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Selected Contents: Part 1: Paradigms of Democratization and Media Change 1. Theories of Democratization and Political Representation 2. Media Transformation and Political Accountability in New Democracies Part 2: 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

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Mauro Porto is Assistant Professor in the Department of Communication at Tulane University.

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