| Cuba, the Media, and the Challenge of Impartiality Contributor(s): Lamrani, Salim (Author) |
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ISBN: 1583674721 ISBN-13: 9781583674727 Publisher: Monthly Review Press OUR PRICE: $69.30 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: December 2014 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Law | Media & The Law - Political Science - History | Caribbean & West Indies - General |
| Dewey: 070.449 |
| LCCN: 2014039552 |
| Physical Information: 0.5" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (0.72 lbs) 160 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Caribbean & West Indies |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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 Pa s, the most widely distributed Spanish daily. El Pa s (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. |
Contributor Bio(s): Lamrani, Salim: - Salim Lamrani teaches at the University of Paris- Sorbonne Paris IV and the University of la Réunion. He is also a journalist and commentator who specializes in Cuban-American relations. |