Political clientelism and print media in Mexico: the reduction of the government advertising budget as a catalyst in the change of editorial line in the main newspapers of the country

From the reduction to 50 percent of the government budget in terms of official advertising, different newspapers in Mexico that used to have an editorial stance loyal to the government in turn decided to take another direction, beginning to carry out a critical journalistic work and denounce both to...

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Autor: Nieto Brizio, Marcelino
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2023
País:México
Institución:UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE CHIAPAS
Repositorio:Revista Espacio I+D Innovación más Desarrollo
Idioma:español
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Palabra clave:Clientelismo político
Medios impresos
Periodismo
Political clientelism
Press
Journalism
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Sumario:From the reduction to 50 percent of the government budget in terms of official advertising, different newspapers in Mexico that used to have an editorial stance loyal to the government in turn decided to take another direction, beginning to carry out a critical journalistic work and denounce both towards the presidential figure as well as characters of the newly established political party in power, Morena. The historical clientelistic practices, accompanied by the understanding of the way in which the print media have been related to power in Mexico, function as a linchpin to argue how their cancellation or mutation has made newspapers like El Universal, Excelsior or Reforma, now they are assumed as counterweights to political power. Meanwhile, the essay serves as a contextual and theoretical approach on how the phenomenon could be approached empirically