The Mexican press and civil society, 1940-1976 : stories from the newsroom, stories from the street /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Smith, Benjamin T. (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [2018]
Subjects:	Journalism > Social aspects > Mexico > History > 20th century. Journalism > Political aspects > Mexico > History > 20th century. Mexican newspapers > History > 20th century.

Table of Contents:

Who read what?: the rise of newspaper readership in Mexico, 1940-1976
How to control the press: rules of the game, the government publicity machine, and financial incentives
The year Mexico stopped laughing: the press, satire, and censorship in Mexico City
From Catholic schoolboy to guerrilla: Mario Méndez and the radical press
How to control the press (badly): censorship and regional newspapers
The real Artemio Cruz: the press baron, gangster journalism, and the regional press
The taxi driver: civil society, journalism, and Oaxaca's El Chapulín
The singer: civil society, radicalism, and acción in Chihuahua.