Media and Politics in Post-Authoritarian Mexico: The Continuing Struggle for Democracy

Acknowledgments
Contents
Notes on Contributors
List of Figures
List of Tables
Chapter 1: Introduction. Not Authoritarian, But Not Yet Democratic. Advances, Setbacks, and Challenges in Mexican Media and Politics
	Mexican Media and Politics at Large. An Overview
	Understanding Mexican Changes and Continuities. Plural Journalisms and Transitional Legacies
	On This Volume
		Part I: Media Systems and Regulation. Explaining Continuities
		Part II: The Burden of Being a Journalist in Mexico. Risk, Security, and Censorship
		Part III. Post-authoritarian Media Performance: Actors and Representations in Dispute
	References
Part I: Media Systems and Regulation: Explaining Continuities
	Chapter 2: Media Systems in Unconsolidated Democracies: The Case of Mexico
		Introduction: Media in Transitional Regimes
		Political Regimes, Media and Democracy
		Mexico: Media Openness in an Unfinished Transition
			Limits of Political Change: Electoral Alternation Without Democratic Consolidation
			Media Openness to Diversity: From Environmental Censorship to Convenient Arrangements
		Politics and Media During the Second Alternation: From Arrangements of Convenience to Confrontation
		Final Remarks
		References
	Chapter 3: Legal Protection of the Freedom of Expression in Mexico During the Alternation: Progress with No Results
		The Alternation as a Point of Inflection in the Media Opening
		Methodology
		Progress Without Results
			Three Moves to Advance the Laws on Social Communications in Mexico
			The Freedom of Speech in Constant Crisis
		Local Regulations on Social Communication
		Discussion. Great Advances with Few Results
		References
	Chapter 4: The Salinas Years, 1988–1994: Watershed in the Opening of Mexico’s Print Media
		Salinas Offered Something New: Did He Deliver?
		A Brief Historiography of the Salinas-Era Press
		Episodes of Press Opening Before 1988
		Salinas-Era Changes: (i) Political
		Salinas-Era Changes: (ii) Newsroom Culture
		Salinas-Era Changes: (iii) Economic
		Salinas-Era Changes: (iv) A More Independent Civic Media
		Salinas-Era Setbacks Reconsidered
		Postscript: The Opening Continues Under Zedillo
		References
Part II: The Burden of Being a Journalist in Mexico: Risk, Security and Censorship
	Chapter 5: Defective Democracy, Erosion of Press Freedom, and the Perils of Being a Journalist in Mexico Two Decades After the Democratic Transition
		Introduction
		Democratic Setbacks to Freedoms in Latin America
		The Impasse of Democratic Development in Mexico
		Violence Against Journalists in Mexico
		Methods
		Findings
		External Determinants
			“Weak Democracy”
			Structural Violence
		Internal Determinants
			Media Promote Accountability
			Professional Journalism
		Conclusions
		References
	Chapter 6: Still Dreaming of Democracy: How Professional Identities from the Political Opening Shape Risk and Resiliency in Democratic Mexico
		Introduction: Norms, Professionalism, and Institutional Change
		Dangerous Performances
		Identity, Resistance, and Resiliency
		Conclusion: Aspirational Democracy
		References
	Chapter 7: Violence, Trauma, and Reflexivity: Methodological Issues and Challenges in Conducting Research in Mexico’s Conflict Zones
		Assessing Risks and Evaluating Ethics: Preparing for Fieldwork and Data Collection in Regions of Conflict
		On the Ground Research and Data Analysis
		Conclusion
			Reflexivity: Expectations of Ourselves and for the Future
		References
	Chapter 8: Freedom of the Press Under Andres Manuel López Obrador: The Struggle Between Journalistic Autonomy and National Sovereignty, 2018–Present
		Introduction: AMLO Versus Article 19
		López Obrador’s Failure to Protect Journalists
			AMLO and Violence Against the Press: “It’s Not Our Fault”
			AMLO’s Attacks on New Social Movements and Related Media Groups (Feminist Groups, etc.)
		AMLO’s Aggressive and Combative Stance Toward Journalists
			Las mañaneras: AMLO’s Daily Morning Press Briefs
			Intimidation from the Presidential Office: ¿Quién es quién de las mentiras?
			Criticism of AMLO’s Positions on Media Freedom (Attacking Press); Incidents with Reforma
		The Global Right-Wing Campaign Against AMLO and the Question of NGO Imperialism
		Conclusion
		References
Part III: Post-authoritarian Media Performance: Actors and Representations in Dispute
	Chapter 9: Press and Civil Society: Alliance and Mistrust in Mexican Transition
		Introduction
		The Press and Civil Society: Beyond the Assumptions of a Theoretical Relationship
		Civil Society, Journalism, and the Transition to Democracy in Mexico
		The Portrayal of Mexico’s Civil Society in the Press
		Methodology
		Results
		Conclusions
		Appendix: Newspapers Considered for the Analysis
		References
	Chapter 10: Mediatization in Post-Authoritarian Democracies. Thirty Years of Media Logic in the Mexican Press
		Introduction
		Mediatization and Media Logic. The Western Canon
		Conditions and Sources of Variation in Media Logic
		Variations in Transitional Democracies. The Mexican Case
		Media Logic Across Time. Trends or Haphazard Behavior?
		Method
		Media Logic Patterns in the Mexican Case
		Conclusion
		References
	Chapter 11: Televised Political Satire and the Democratic Transition in Mexico
		Introduction
		Televised Satire and Global Change
		The Development of Television Political Satire in Mexico
		Satire and Media Openness
		Television Companies and the Federal Government: A Renewed Relationship
			The Shortage of Television Satire After the 2006 Presidential Elections
			2018 And Beyond: Public Channels Reclaim Satire
		The Main Influences on the Political Humor Produced During the Transition
		Conclusions
		References
Index