Media Capture and Transitional Settings: Towards Theoretical and Empirical Developments

Authors

  • Mireya Márquez Ramírez Universidad Iberoamericana Mexico City, Mexico
  • Nelson Costa Ribeiro Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Portugal

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.51480/1899-5101.17.2(36).717

Keywords:

Media Capture, Clientlism, Media Systems

Abstract

Introduction to the special issue of "Central European Journal of Communication" on captured media.

Author Biographies

Mireya Márquez Ramírez, Universidad Iberoamericana Mexico City, Mexico

Mireya Márquez Ramírez (PhD Goldsmiths, University of London, 2012) is a Professor of Journalism Studies and Media Theory at the Department of Communications, Universidad Iberoamericana Mexico City, and a Visiting Professor at Bournemouth University. Her research interests include media capture, media systems, press-politics relations, comparative journalism cultures, journalistic roles, journalistic professionalism, news making, the safety of journalists, and beat journalism. She is the Principal Investigator (PI) of the global studies Journalistic Role Performance in Mexico, Worlds of Journalism in Bolivia, and co-investigator in the project Sports Media Capture in Mexico and Greece. E-mail: mireya.marquez@ibero.mx

Nelson Costa Ribeiro, Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Portugal

Nelson Ribeiro is Professor of Communication Studies at the Catholic University of Portugal, where he is the Dean of the Faculty of Human Sciences. His main research areas are media history, propaganda, disinformation, and media and colonialism. He is a co-author of The Wireless World: Global Histories of International Radio Broadcasting (Oxford University Press, 2022) and co-editor of Media and the Dissemination of Fear: Pandemics, Wars and Political Intimidation (Palgrave, 2022) and Digital Roots: Historicizing Media and Communication Concepts of the Digital Age (De Gruyter, 2021). E-mail: nelson.ribeiro@ucp.pt

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2024-08-06

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Márquez Ramírez, M., & Costa Ribeiro, N. (2024). Media Capture and Transitional Settings: Towards Theoretical and Empirical Developments. Central European Journal of Communication, 17(2(36), 148-161. https://doi.org/10.51480/1899-5101.17.2(36).717

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Vol. 17 No. 2(36) (2024): Special Issue - Captured Media. Researching Media Systems in and after Transitions

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