Latin American Television: A Global View / Edition 1

by John Sinclair

Overview

Latin American Television makes English speakers aware of the dimensions, operation, and significance of the globalization of television in the Spanish-speaking world. Second only in scale to the market for English-language programming, the Spanish-language market embraces not just most nations of South and Central America but also Spain and the United States. The book chronicles and analyses the development and structure of the globalization of these markets as a ‘Latin world'.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780198159292
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	02/18/1999
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	196
Product dimensions:	8.40(w) x 5.40(h) x 0.50(d)
Lexile:	1600L (what's this?)

About the Author

Professor John Sinclair (co-author of the highly-praised New Patterns in Global Television: Peripheral Vision) is Associate Professor in International Communication, Sociology, and Cultural Studies, in the Faculty of Arts at Victoria University of Technology, Melbourne

Table of Contents

Preface1. Introduction2. The Autumn of the Patriarch: Mexico and Televisa3. The Latin American Continent: Brazil, Venezuela, and Argentina4. "The Wealthiest Hispanics in the World": Spanish Language Television in the United States5. From Latin America to Latin Europe: Spain and Portugal6. Non Plus Ultra: Latin Geolinguistic Markets and their LimitsIndex