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1 online resource (241 pages) |
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Routledge Advances in Internationalizing Media Studies |
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Routledge advances in internationalizing media studies.
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| Contents |
Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of Figures and Tables; Acknowledgments; Introduction; PART I Paradigms of Democratization and Media Change; 1 Theories of Democratization and Political Representation; 2 Media Transformation and Political Accountability in New Democracies; PART 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 Government News Management and Presidential Accountability; 6 Telenovelas, Symbolic Representation and National Identity |
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7 Media Accountability Movements and the Opening of TV GloboConclusion; Notes; Appendix 1; Appendix 2; Bibliography; Index |
| Summary |
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 |
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Print version record |
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Rede Globo.
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Rede Globo |
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Television and politics -- Brazil
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Television in politics -- Brazil
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Democratization -- Brazil
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PSYCHOLOGY -- Social Psychology.
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Democratization
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Television and politics
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Television in politics
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Brazil
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781136316333 |
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1136316337 |
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