Canada

This thesis investigated the politically - charged responses of American and Canadian newspapers , the New York Times , Washington Post , Globe and Mail , and Ottawa Citizen , during October 1968 to the Mexico City massacre. Through a qualitative thematic analysis of the se newspapers, dominant themes of the massacre were identified and analyzed us ing Stuart Hall’s encoding/decoding paradigm. In this examination it was found that U.S. newspapers provided knowledgeable and comprehensive reporting of the massacre while Canad ian newspaper s present ed only a cursory examination. The limited coverage of Canadian newspapers was examin ed against other Canadian media sources and official government and Olympic authority reports including: Canadian magazines Maclean’s and Saturday Ni ght , federal government speeches , debates in the House of Commons , and Canadian Olympic Association personal documents and official reports. The se divergent presentation s of t he massacre in their new spaper s reflected the historically unique relationships e ach country had with Mexico , and prominence of the Olympics in world politics .

USA

This paper explores street harassment as a contentious practice in the rhetorical spaces of the street and social media posting through a case study of the performance group Las Hijas de Violencia. Through anarchistic direct action resistance tactics, the group confronted harassers in the streets of Mexico City and their recordings launched global media interest which led to viral online sharing. Widespread sharing of their performance led to the creation of public discursive space, through comments sections, which was utilized to measure attitudes toward street harassment and feminist direct action protest. Contextualized in a growing call for an end to street harassment, this is the first critical inquiry into Las Hijas de Violencia. Their tactics and subsequent interpretations by viewers are approached critically and through an interpretive thematic analysis in order to g ain insight into hegemonic power that dictates gendered behaviors in public space, both on and offline.

Australia

This thesis examines the use of video technology as an alternative communication medium within a dialogic framework. It explores multiple dialogic encounters and different meanings of dialogue. It analyses dialogues within and around video technology and dialogues with contemporary events in Mexican history. I argue that these dialogic encounters are contributing to an ongoing process of transformation in Mexican consciousness. The thesis’s theoretical framework draws on Mikhail Bakht in’s theory of dialogism and employs a dialogic method that emphasise s diversity. In the thesis, I conduct an in-depth analysis of multiple series of dialogues between key people, events, and discourses. These dialogues are complex. I explore their complexities and the varied relationships that emerge from them, including my own. As researcher and writer, I am a part of the dialogues I explore in the thesis.

USA

Grounded in the theory of intra-media agenda -setting, this research will analyze the dynamic process among the Mexican national television networks during the 2006 presidential election campaign period. Specifically, what were the intra-media agenda-setting effects between the Mexican television media Televisa and TV Azteca during the 2006 presidential election campaign? The television content analysis data set is from a systematic random sample of national Mexican prime time television news programs broadcast during the official Instituto Federal Electoral's (Federal Electoral Institute) presidential campaign period, which runs from January 19 to June 28, 2006. The Mexican television newscasts that were analyzed are Televisa's El Noticiero con Joaquín López Dóriga, and TV Azteca's Hechos de la Noche . Overall, the results indicated that television news strongly influences a presidential candidate’s television political spots.

USA

The 2006 Mexican presidential election and the 2008 U.S. presidential election are valuable opportunities for cross-cultural comparative research. Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama, a woman and an African American man, were two candidates in the United States. Patricia Mercado, a woman and strong defender of minorities’ rights, was one of the candidates in Mexico. This dissertation used a comparative ethnographic analysis of these candidates’ political advertisements to identify the framing devices that female and minority candidates utilized in their self-presentations to audiences. The findings show that candidates in both countries use similar frames and tend to emphasize personality traits over issues and policies.

USA

This dissertation analyzed how the media on both sides of the U.S. - Mexico border portrayed the issue of gun traffic king’s into Mexico and its impact on Mexico’s border violence. National newspapers from both sides of the U.S.- Mexico border were analyzed from January 2009 through January 2012, The New York Times for the U.S. and El Universal for Mexico, which resulted in a sample of 602 newspaper articles. Qualitative research methods were utilized to collect and analyze the data, specifically content analysis. Drawing on a theoretical framework of social problems and framing this study addressed how gun trafficking along the U.S.-Mexico border impacted the drug related violence that is ongoing in Mexico, how gun trafficking was portrayed as a social problem by the media, and how the media depicted the victims of drug related violence.

España

Estudiar las diversas manifestaciones de la propaganda que se generó en torno al proceso de la expropiación petrolera, y analizar el papel de la propaganda como instrumento creador de una simbología nacional ista durante el periodo post-expropiación. He aquí el objetivo central. El objetivo adicional es el que exige el central: colocar al acontecimiento en su contexto y perspectiva histórica, con objeto de aportar una mayor sistematización al trabajo y de esta forma aclarar ideas al receptor de estas líneas, dotándolas de una mayor rigurosidad. Ello nos llevará a una incursión en la historia, posturas políticas, medios de comunicación y políticas de comunicación.

Ecuador

La lógica comercial de la producción de noticias ha obligado a los medios a organizar el trabajo reporteril mediante un sistema "rentable", eficiente, que garantice la constante alimentación de los productos periodísticos al menor costo posible y con información "autorizada". Este sistema da preferencia a la cobertura de personajes y eventos oficiales previsibles, pero deja fuera del ámbito noticioso a los actores sociales "no prominentes" y a las llamadas fuentes "no autorizadas". Este artículo presenta un análisis del problema y plantea ideas para una estrategia de acercamiento de estos a los medios.

México

En este artículo se presentan los resultados de un análisis de la cobertura de las elecciones de 1991 por tres noticiarios radiofónicos: Monitor, Para Empezar y Radio Metrópoli. El primer resultado es que existe una diferencia evidente entre el tiempo total del radionoticiero y el tiempo dedicado a las noticias. De éste, el tiempo dedicado a las noticias electorales fue el 12.9%. Del tiempo electoral, se habló del PRI el 25.3% del tiempo.

México

Para la autora, los retos que actualmente enfrentan los interesados en el análisis de los significados son: matizar y ubicar su importancia, sus alcances y sus limitaciones; avanzar en el desarrollo de una teoría sólida y congruente que considere la interrelación de los signos que, de hecho, existe y se da en la realidad y de la cual pueda surgir un método de análisis serio y sistemático que permita acercarnos -y no agotar- la compleja red de significaciones en la cual vivimos cotidianamente.