Cuba, the Media, and the Challenge of Impartiality (Hardcover)

In this concise and detailed work, Salim Lamrani addresses questions of media concentration and corporate bias by examining a perennially controversial topic: Cuba. Lamrani argues that the tiny island nation is forced to contend not only with economic isolation and a U.S. blockade, but with misleading or downright hostile media coverage. He takes as his case study El Pais, the most widely distributed Spanish daily. El Pais (a property of Grupo Prisa, the largest Spanish media conglomerate), has editions aimed at Europe, Latin America, and the U.S., making it is a global opinion leader. Lamrani wades through a swamp of reporting and uses the paper as an example of how media conglomerates distort and misrepresent life in Cuba and the activities of its government. By focusing on eight key areas, including human development, internal opposition, and migration, Lamrani shows how the media systematically shapes our understanding of Cuban reality. This book, with a preface by Eduardo Galeano, provides an alternative view, combining a scholar's eye for complexity with a journalist's hunger for the facts.

General

Imprint:	Monthly Review Press,U.S.
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	December 2014
First published:	November 2014
Authors:	Salim Lamrani
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 18mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	160
ISBN-13:	978-1-58367-472-7
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > General Books > Business & Economics > Economics > General Books > Business & Economics > Industry & industrial studies > Media, information & communication industries > General
LSN:	1-58367-472-1
Barcode:	9781583674727

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