{"product_id":"media-power-and-democratization-in-brazil-1","title":"Media Power and Democratization in Brazil","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn this book, Porto analyzes the role of TV Globo in the democratization of Brazil. TV Globo, one of the world's largest media conglomerates, has a dominant position in Brazil's communications landscape. It also exports telenovelas to more than 130 countries and has established joint ventures with transnational media conglomerates. Beginning in the mid-1990s, TV Globo began a process of \"opening,\" replacing its authoritarian model of journalism with a more independent reporting style. Representations of Brazil in prime time telenovelas have also shifted. Given this shift, Porto considers some of the following questions:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e•What explains these changes in Brazil's most powerful media company?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e•How are they related to processes of political and social democratization?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e•How did TV Globo's opening affect Brazil's emerging democracy, especially in terms of the quality of political accountability mechanisms?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePorto uses the Brazilian case of TV Globo to analyze the larger links between democratization, civil society mobilization, and media change in transitional societies.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54239498273112,"sku":"9780415897211","price":229.4,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780415897211.jpg?v=1768640449","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/media-power-and-democratization-in-brazil-1","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}