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International Seminar |
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Media and Democratization in Latin America |
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Sponsored by the Stone Center for Latin American Studies Support: School of Liberal Arts
For more information, please contact the Seminar Coordinator: |
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When: Friday, November 2, 2007
Where: Lavin-Bernick Center for University Life Stibbs Conference Room - 203 Tulane University New Orleans
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In the last two decades, Latin America has experienced a remarkable expansion of democracy. Since the 1980s, the military dictatorships and authoritarian regimes that ruled most countries in the region have been replaced by electoral democracies. Studies about these processes of democratic transition and consolidation in the region have analyzed a variety of factors that shape the new regimes, but they rarely consider the role of the mass media. The Seminar will fill an important gap by offering systematic analyses of the complex interactions between mass media, civil society, and political systems in contemporary Latin American democracies.
The Seminar will gather a selected group of scholars from seven countries, who will present papers on three panels. Attendance is free and open to the general public. |
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Prof. Mauro P. Porto 219 Newcomb Hall New Orleans, LA 70118 Phone: (504) 862.3037 Fax: (504) 862.3040 Email: mporto <at> tulane.edu |
