Latin America Now: Democracy and Media in Latin America

Explores contemporary democracy in Latin America, focusing on political institutions, media systems, and their impact on governance and civic life.

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In depth exploration of contemporary democracy in Latin America with emphasis on political institutions, democratic legitimacy, and the role of media systems in shaping public life. Examines how citizenship, political identities, and public trust are influenced by journalism, television, and digital platforms, with attention to campaign communication, mediated public debate, polarization, populist discourse, and the circulation of disinformation. Emphasizes interdisciplinary analysis of key regional challenges including inequality, corruption, violence, migration, and human rights, highlighting how these dynamics affect governance, elections, accountability, and civic participation. Focuses on critical engagement with classic and emerging scholarship and on the application of conceptual tools to interpret democratic conflict, crisis, and resilience across the region.

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  • Political institutions and democratic legitimacy
  • Media influence on citizenship and public trust
  • Campaign communication and disinformation
  • Regional challenges: inequality, corruption, violence, migration, human rights
  • Governance, elections, and civic participation

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  • Interdisciplinary analysis of regional challenges
  • Critical engagement with scholarship
  • Application of conceptual tools to interpret political dynamics

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