Screen LibrarySurviving Mexico : resistance and resilience among journalists in the twenty-first century /
"The book examines networks of state/political power, business interests, and organized crime that threaten and attack journalists in Mexico, where more than 150 journalists have been killed since 2000, and reveals how Mexican journalists have turned to one another and to their communities to r...
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University of Texas Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Austin, TX : |
| Publication Dates: | 2021. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Edition: | First edition. |
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| Summary: |
"The book examines networks of state/political power, business interests, and organized crime that threaten and attack journalists in Mexico, where more than 150 journalists have been killed since 2000, and reveals how Mexican journalists have turned to one another and to their communities to resist pressures and create their own networks of resilience"-- |
| Carrier Form: | xiv, 288 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages [255]-266) and index. |
| ISBN: |
9781477323380 1477323384 9781477323694 1477323694 |
| Index Number: | PN4974 |
| CLC: | G229.731.9 |
| Call Number: | G229.731.9/G643 |
| Contents: | Mexico's peripheries as a case study for violence against journalists around the world -- Part 1: The past, place, and politics of violence against journalists. How journalists became their own activists: a historical perspective ; Place matters: the promise and limits of the periphery ; Moving targets and perpetrators: mercurial violence, ownership, and changing journalism practices -- Part 2: Murdering the messengers and controlling the message. Red light, green light: strategies of resistance among journalists in the peripheries ; The personal and familial toll: violence, trauma, and resilience ; Social media, digital insecurity, and journalists' safety -- Part 3: Structured and unstructured attempts to save journalism and journalists. Attempts to intervene ; State actors, violence, and resilience among organized crime groups ; Women on the frontline: resistance and resilience in Ciudad Jua?rez -- Toward a more secure journalism future -- Appendix: Journalists killed in Mexico 2000-2020, by presidential administration. |