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Author:

González de Bustamante, Celeste, 1965- author.

Title:

Surviving Mexico : resistance and resilience among journalists in the twenty-first century / Celeste González de Bustamante and Jeannine E. Relly.

Edition:

First edition.

Publisher:

University of Texas Press,

Copyright Date:

2021

Description:

xiv, 288 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm

Subject:

Journalists--History--Mexico--History--21st century.
Journalists--History--Mexico--Prevention--History--21st century.
Journalists--History--Mexico--History--21st century.
State-sponsored terrorism--Mexico--History--21st century.
Corporations--History--Mexico--History--21st century.
Organized crime--Mexico--History--21st century.

Other Authors:

Relly, Jeannine E., author.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-266) and index.

Contents:

Mexico's peripheries as a case study for violence against journalists around the world -- Part 1: The past, place, and politics of violence against journalists. How journalists became their own activists: a historical perspective ; Place matters: the promise and limits of the periphery ; Moving targets and perpetrators: mercurial violence, ownership, and changing journalism practices -- Part 2: Murdering the messengers and controlling the message. Red light, green light: strategies of resistance among journalists in the peripheries ; The personal and familial toll: violence, trauma, and resilience ; Social media, digital insecurity, and journalists' safety -- Part 3: Structured and unstructured attempts to save journalism and journalists. Attempts to intervene ; State actors, violence, and resilience among organized crime groups ; Women on the frontline: resistance and resilience in Ciudad Juárez -- Toward a more secure journalism future -- Appendix: Journalists killed in Mexico 2000-2020, by presidential administration.

Summary:

"The book examines networks of state/political power, business interests, and organized crime that threaten and attack journalists in Mexico, where more than 150 journalists have been killed since 2000, and reveals how Mexican journalists have turned to one another and to their communities to resist pressures and create their own networks of resilience"-- Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

1477323694
9781477323694
1477323384
9781477323380

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1201669679

LCCN:

2020053617

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)