Latin American Perspectives · 2003 · 43 citations · 11 references
Social SciencesPolitical CommunicationPolitical ScienceAmerican PoliticsDemocratizationMedia StudiesDemocratic BackslidingElectionsMass MediaMedia Coverage Of ElectionsMedia PowerPolitical Economy Of MediaIndependent MediaMedia Framing Of ElectionsMedia Performance In ElectionsNeoliberal DiscourseNeoliberal HegemonyPresidential Election CoveragePress Coverage Of Elections
Reflecting on the possibility that Chile's ruling Concertacion de Partidos por la Democracia might have lost the close 2000 presidential runoff election between its candidate Socialist Ricardo Lagos and his right-wing rival Joaquin Lavin, the video producer Hermann Mondaca voiced a frustration common among journalists and other media producers who had risked their lives to create the impressive array of independent media that so tenaciously fought the Pinochet dictatorship (interview, Santiago, August 9, 2000):
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