Violations against the journalistic profession. A comparative analysis of contemporary Chile and Mexico (2000-2016)

Latin America counts as the most dangerous continent for journalists to perform their profession, leaving an open question on the causation of this. The academic debate on violations against journalists in Latin America seems to be dominated by the independent variables freedom of press, media concentration and impunity as lack of rule of law in the context of globalization and democratization. While according to Josephi mostly Western evaluation is used in the Studies of Journalism (Mellado et al. 61), the thesis presented will include Latin American literature as well. One of these Western assumptions is, that democratization simultaneously leads to higher press freedom and less media control which will be investigated in the case studies of Chile and Mexico. Moreover, it will mainly be a comparison of especially Chile and Mexico in 2000-2016, because both countries illustrate two sides of a coin, Mexico as one of the most dangerous countries for journalists at the moment and...Show moreLatin America counts as the most dangerous continent for journalists to perform their profession, leaving an open question on the causation of this. The academic debate on violations against journalists in Latin America seems to be dominated by the independent variables freedom of press, media concentration and impunity as lack of rule of law in the context of globalization and democratization. While according to Josephi mostly Western evaluation is used in the Studies of Journalism (Mellado et al. 61), the thesis presented will include Latin American literature as well. One of these Western assumptions is, that democratization simultaneously leads to higher press freedom and less media control which will be investigated in the case studies of Chile and Mexico. Moreover, it will mainly be a comparison of especially Chile and Mexico in 2000-2016, because both countries illustrate two sides of a coin, Mexico as one of the most dangerous countries for journalists at the moment and Chile with no recent cases of murdered journalists and officially a free press. It will, therefore, be a comparison of two extreme cases which promises insight on the development of journalism in Latin America and the importance of emphasizing on local differences rather than generalizing a whole continent.Show less

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