There are several reasons that explain why community and citizens’ media are so widespread and popular in Latin America. This chapter offers a series of short vignettes set in Colombia that describe the intricate processes ...

There is great diversity of educommunication experiences in Peru, projects and programmes that cover both traditional media and new digital media. However, its sustainability is precarious due to lack of resources, in the ...

This chapter presents an overview of the state of media education in Latin America. It begins with a historical contextualisation and proceeds to analyse five dimensions: socio-political context, regulatory framework, ...

After more than two decades of research on technological interventions in the transition to information societies, the burgeoning of mobile phones in developing countries has shifted the information and communication ...

Media consumption today takes on first order meanings that we can challenge, understand and clarify. This is where the audience learns to believe in watchdogging and vice versa. Citizen watchdog groups (Veedurias) attempt ...

The first decade of the new millennium was a time of unprecedented bilateral cooperation between the United States and Peru. The George W. Bush administration (2001-2009) and the governments of Alejandro Toledo (2001-2006) ...