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The Media and the Neoliberal Transition in Chile

2003/10/29 by Rosalind Bresnahan · 1 citation
Computer Science · Social Sciences · #Media and Digital Communication #Political and Social Dynamics in Chile and Latin America #Dictatorship #Presidential system #Political science #Political economy #Frustration #Democracy #Presidential election #Economic history #Media studies #Development economics #Sociology #Law #History #Economics #Politics #Physics

paper · doi:10.1177/0095399703256257

openalex publication_date 2003/10/29 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/05/05

Abstract

Reflecting on the possibility that Chile's ruling Concertacion de Partidos por la Democracia might have lost the close 2000 presidential runoff election between its candidate Socialist Ricardo Lagos and his right-wing rival Joaquin Lavin, the video producer Hermann Mondaca voiced a frustration common among journalists and other media producers who had risked their lives to create the impressive array of independent media that so tenaciously fought the Pinochet dictatorship (interview, Santiago, August 9, 2000):

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