The television families of Mexico and the Philippines: dynasties and caciques in transpacific media cultures

Pertierra, AC

The television families of Mexico and the Philippines: dynasties and caciques in transpacific media cultures

Pertierra, AC

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Publisher:: SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD
Publication Type:: Journal Article
Citation:: Media, Culture and Society, 2020, 42, (1), pp. 136-141
Issue Date:: 2020-01-01

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dc.contributor.author	Pertierra, AC
dc.date.accessioned	2022-07-14T07:00:24Z
dc.date.available	2022-07-14T07:00:24Z
dc.date.issued	2020-01-01
dc.identifier.citation	Media, Culture and Society, 2020, 42, (1), pp. 136-141
dc.identifier.issn	0163-4437
dc.identifier.issn	1460-3675
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/158921
dc.description.abstract	Metaphors of family play a particular part in representing and justifying the public role of elite families and media empires in Mexico and the Philippines, two countries on opposite sides of the Pacific that feature linked histories of Spanish colonial heritage and intimate connections to the cultural and economic history of the modern United States. The media industries of Mexico and the Philippines share some important characteristics: powerful commercial television networks are operated by prominent elite family companies, whose multimedia empires wield political and economic influence nationwide. An industry model of elite family dominance is reflected in the ways that contemporary television programs, hosts, and viewers understand themselves as belonging to sorts of ‘television families’. The nature of Mexican and Philippine television industries as family businesses writ large merits more extensive comparative historical exploration. These parallel cases draw attention to how media may be productively compared and studied across the Pacific regions of Asia and the Americas.
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD
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dc.subject	1903 Journalism and Professional Writing, 2001 Communication and Media Studies, 2002 Cultural Studies
dc.subject.classification	Communication & Media Studies
dc.title	The television families of Mexico and the Philippines: dynasties and caciques in transpacific media cultures
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Metaphors of family play a particular part in representing and justifying the public role of elite families and media empires in Mexico and the Philippines, two countries on opposite sides of the Pacific that feature linked histories of Spanish colonial heritage and intimate connections to the cultural and economic history of the modern United States. The media industries of Mexico and the Philippines share some important characteristics: powerful commercial television networks are operated by prominent elite family companies, whose multimedia empires wield political and economic influence nationwide. An industry model of elite family dominance is reflected in the ways that contemporary television programs, hosts, and viewers understand themselves as belonging to sorts of ‘television families’. The nature of Mexican and Philippine television industries as family businesses writ large merits more extensive comparative historical exploration. These parallel cases draw attention to how media may be productively compared and studied across the Pacific regions of Asia and the Americas.

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