Motivations underlying the existence of Latin American media observatories

Recently appeared, media observatories are media supervision instances that overlook media activity. Even though little has been systematized about their activity, they are realities that grow in a slow but progressive manner. The present paper objective is to justify the reason for being of Latinam...

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Main Author:	Dra. Susana Herrera Damas
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Universidad de La Laguna 2006-01-01
Series:	Revista Latina de Comunicación Social
Subjects:	Journalistic deontology media observatories self-regulation Latinamerica
Online Access:	http://www.ull.es/publicaciones/latina/200621HerreraS.htm

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spelling	doaj-2bc5a1fa1f1d41649633d3ff92de88ce2020-11-24T23:36:24ZengUniversidad de La Laguna Revista Latina de Comunicación Social1138-58202006-01-0161715-73521Motivations underlying the existence of Latin American media observatoriesDra. Susana Herrera DamasRecently appeared, media observatories are media supervision instances that overlook media activity. Even though little has been systematized about their activity, they are realities that grow in a slow but progressive manner. The present paper objective is to justify the reason for being of Latinamerican observatories, describe the context in which they are born and show how in their essence they house a true and legitimate service vocation. The manuscript aims to explain that media observatories appear in Latinamerica because of two reasons: first, someone has to oversee those who oversee, and secondly it may no be suitable any more that fact that those who keep an eye on may also commit mistakes. http://www.ull.es/publicaciones/latina/200621HerreraS.htmJournalistic deontologymedia observatoriesself-regulationLatinamerica
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title	Motivations underlying the existence of Latin American media observatories
title_short	Motivations underlying the existence of Latin American media observatories
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publisher	Universidad de La Laguna
series	Revista Latina de Comunicación Social
issn	1138-5820
publishDate	2006-01-01
description	Recently appeared, media observatories are media supervision instances that overlook media activity. Even though little has been systematized about their activity, they are realities that grow in a slow but progressive manner. The present paper objective is to justify the reason for being of Latinamerican observatories, describe the context in which they are born and show how in their essence they house a true and legitimate service vocation. The manuscript aims to explain that media observatories appear in Latinamerica because of two reasons: first, someone has to oversee those who oversee, and secondly it may no be suitable any more that fact that those who keep an eye on may also commit mistakes.
topic	Journalistic deontology media observatories self-regulation Latinamerica
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Motivations underlying the existence of Latin American media observatories

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