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This chapter proposes a series of compared criteria toward the definition of a general model of the actual Latin American media system. The model is anchored in the Weberian ideal types and lacks normative aspirations about the roles media must play in Latin American public and political life.

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For the past two centuries various influences have decidedly shaped the changing relations between Mexico's private news media and the equally mutable state. Local forces and actors; the inevitable impact of global stimuli such as commercialism; and the absence, obsolescence, or non-enforcement of media regulation have profundly shaped Mexico's news media and journalism. Throughout this chapter, it is evident that a hybrid media system and a resulting post-authoritarian journalistic culture are in place.