TY - GEN T1 - The Mexican press and civil society, 1940-1976 : stories from the newsroom, stories from the street A1 - Smith, Benjamin T. LA - English PP - Chapel Hill PB - University of North Carolina Press YR - 2018 UL - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/jstor_eba_on1048329088 AB - "Mexico today is one of the most dangerous places in the world to report the news, and Mexicans have taken to the street to defend freedom of expression. As Benjamin T. Smith demonstrates in this history of the press and civil society, the cycle of violent repression and protest over journalism is nothing new. He traces it back to the growth in newspaper production and reading publics between 1940 and 1976, when a national thirst for tabloids, crime sheets, and magazines reached far beyond the middle class. As Mexicans began to view local and national events through the prism of journalism, everyday politics changed radically. Even while lauding the liberty of the press, the state developed an arsenal of methods to control what was printed, including sophisticated spin and misdirection techniques, covert financial payments, and campaigns of threats, imprisonment, beatings, and even murder. The press was also pressured by media monopolists tacking between government demands and public expectations to maximize profits, and by coalitions of ordinary citizens demanding that local newspapers publicize stories of corruption, incompetence, and state violence. Since the Cold War, both in Mexico City and in the provinces, a robust radical journalism has posed challenges to government forces."--Provided by publisher OP - 366 CN - PN4974.S6 S65 2018 SN - 9781469638119 SN - 1469638118 SN - 9781469638140 SN - 1469638142 SN - 9781469637099 SN - 9781469638089 SN - 146963709X SN - 1469638088 KW - Mexican newspapers : History : 20th century. KW - Journalism : Political aspects : Mexico : History : 20th century. KW - Journalism : Social aspects : Mexico : History : 20th century. KW - Journaux mexicains : Histoire : 20e siècle. KW - Presse : Aspect politique : Mexique : Histoire : 20e siècle. KW - Presse : Aspect social : Mexique : Histoire : 20e siècle. KW - PSYCHOLOGY : Social Psychology. KW - HISTORY : Latin America : General. KW - Journalism : Political aspects KW - Journalism : Social aspects KW - Mexican newspapers KW - Mexico KW - 1900-1999 KW - History ER -