Bad news from Venezuela
MacLeod, Alan, 1977-2018
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Since the election of President Hugo Chavez in 1998, Venezuela has become an important news item. Western coverage is shaped by the cultural milieu of its journalists, with news written from New York or London by non-specialists or by those staying inside wealthy guarded enclaves in an intensely segregated Caracas. Journalists mainly work with English-speaking elites and have little contact with the poor majority. Therefore, they reproduce ideas largely attuned to a Western, neoliberal understanding of Venezuela. Through extensive analysis of media coverage from Chavez's election to the present day, as well as detailed interviews with journalists and academics covering the country, 'Bad News from Venezuela' highlights the factors contributing to reportage in Venezuela and why those factors exist in the first place.
Main title:
Bad news from Venezuela / Alan Macleod.
Author:
MacLeod, Alan, 1977-, author
Imprint:
London : Routledge, 2018.
Collation:
168 pages ; 22 cm.
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Audience:
Specialized.
ISBN:
9781138489233 (hbk. :)
Dewey class:
079.87
Language:
English
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BRN:
2519407
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