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Rick Rockwell and Noreene Janus : Media Power in Central America

University of Illinois Press, Urbana, Illinios, 2003

ISBN 9780252028021

8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. AH4 - A first edition (numberline starts with 1) hardcover book SIGNED and dated by Rick Rockwell on the half-title page in very good condition in good dust jacket that is mylar protected. Dust jacket has wrinkling, chipping, crease, some soiled patches and few small tears on the edges and corners, scattered rubbing, scratches, scuffing, and some wrinkled patches and stains, light discoloration and shelf wear. Book has some bumped corners, wrinkling on the spine edges, some light stains on the page edges, dog-eared page, light discoloration and shelf wear. 9.25"x6.25", 276 pages. Satisfaction Guaranteed. Media Power in Central America is the first book in a generation to explore the media landscape in Central America. It captures the political and cultural interplay between the media and those in power in Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Panama, and Nicaragua. Highlighting the subtle strangulation of opposition media voices in the region, the authors show how the years since the guerrilla wars have not yielded the free media systems that some had expected. Country by country, the authors deal with the specific conditions of government-sponsored media repression, economic censorship, corruption, and consumer trends that shape the political landscape. Challenging the notion of the media as a democratizing force, Media Power in Central America shows how the media are used to block democratic reforms in the region and outlines the difficulties of playing watchdog to rulers who use the media as a tool of power.. Book Condition: Very Good. Binding: Hardcover. Jacket: Good

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