Audiovisual Media Regulation in the 21st Century in Argentina and Brazil

This paper proposes a comparative study of the process that led to the enactment of the Audiovisual Communication Services Law in Argentina and Conditional Access Services Law in Brazil. The theoretical and methodological framework arises from the political science, from the article “State and State...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor: Bizberge, Ana
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2015
País:México
Institución:UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO
Repositorio:Revista Mexicana de Opinión Pública
Idioma:español
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/50198
Acceso en línea:https://revistas.unam.mx/index.php/rmop/article/view/50198
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Media
audiovisual
regulation
Argentina
Brazil
communication policies
Medios
regulación
Brasil
políticas de comunicación
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Sumario:This paper proposes a comparative study of the process that led to the enactment of the Audiovisual Communication Services Law in Argentina and Conditional Access Services Law in Brazil. The theoretical and methodological framework arises from the political science, from the article “State and State Policy in Latin America: Towards a Research Strategy” of Oscar Oszlak and Guillermo O’Donnell. The paper also takes critical contributions about communication policies from the perspective of political economy of communication.The focus of controversy in the Brazilian legislation was the promotion of national and independent content as well as the establishment of programming and packaging quotas. In contrast, in Argentina, although programing quotas were questioned, the main conflict was the licensing and how to adapt to the market concentration limits.The perspective of convergence that emerges in the argentine case stays in the technological level. In Brazil, the regulatory framework for subscription tv enables the convergence of providers, services and technologies unifying the regulatory framework, eliminating the existing provisions by technology.