The Impact of the Media on the Definition of Votes of Monterrey Citizens in the Presidential Elections of 2012

This article analyzes the impact of the media on the formation of voters’ opinions on the electoral campaigns and on the candidates in the city of Monterrey during the presidential election of 2012. For this research, the results of 7 discussion groups among the residents of the city in the framewor...

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Autor: Ruiz, José Fabián
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2015
País:México
Institución:UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO
Repositorio:Revista Mexicana de Ciencias Políticas y Sociales
Idioma:español
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/52071
Acceso en línea:https://www.revistas.unam.mx/index.php/rmcpys/article/view/52071
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:presidential election
electoral preferences
mass media’s
local democracy
Monterrey
elección presidencial
preferencia electoral
medios de comunicación
democracia
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Sumario:This article analyzes the impact of the media on the formation of voters’ opinions on the electoral campaigns and on the candidates in the city of Monterrey during the presidential election of 2012. For this research, the results of 7 discussion groups among the residents of the city in the framework of the Project on Electoral Observation 2012 were used. In the first part, some fundamental concepts for the development of the research are reviewed. In the second part, the methodology of the focus groups used is detailed and some technical specifications of the field work are explained. In the third part, the results of the investigation are presented. Finally, some reflections are presented as a sort of tentative conclusions, as the findings resize the importance attributed to the media in the formation of preferences during electoral campaigns. This opens new opportunities for new studies, more specific and focused, on a subject in which academic research still has some important questions that are to be answered.