Aitza Haddad Núñez

Neocolonial Media Dynamics in the News About Puerto Rico

An Analysis

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Produktbeschreibung

This study addresses the controversial issue of United States news media portrayals of Puerto Rico, specifically related to news underrepresentation and misrepresentation during the period of 2000-2015. The research was motivated, in part, by the acknowledged paucity of research about media in Puerto Rico in general, and more specifically, about the role of media in its political life. The overall conceptual orientation to the analysis of media dynamics is presented within the theoretical framework of neocolonialism supported by social construction of reality theory as applied to news. The analysis was guided by the recognized understanding that the gatekeeping functions of the media together with the routine processes of determining what is or is not newsworthy, do not allow for news to be neutral or impartial. The major finding is that through the allied processes of misrepresentation and underrepresentation of news, United States news media portrayals of Puerto Rico have continued to promote the neocolonial media dynamics of globalization by creating and fostering a discourse that sustains and reinforces its condition as dependent and unprepared for independent political status.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: LAP Lambert Academic Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 168
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. Mai 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 220mm x 150mm x 11mm
• Gewicht: 268g
• ISBN-13: 9786139836796
• ISBN-10: 6139836794
• Artikelnr.: 52826647

Autorenporträt

Geboren und aufgewachsen in Puerto Rico. Aitza hat einen BA in Politikwissenschaften, einen Juris Doctor, einen LLM in Rechtsvergleichung, einen Doktortitel in Kommunikations-, Kultur- und Medienwissenschaften sowie Zertifikate in internationalen Studien und in der Vorbereitung von Lehrkräften an Hochschulen und Universitäten. Sie ist glücklich verheiratet, hat zwei Kinder und engagiert sich leidenschaftlich im Bereich der Menschenrechte.