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T he Subnational Comparative Method in Media Studies: The Case of Mexico

T he Subnational Comparative Method in Media Studies: The Case of Mexico. “Media and Governance in Latin America ” The University of Sheffield May, 13th and 14th José Antonio Brambila @jabrambila. Comparative Media Studies. Figure 1. Terminology for basic comparison . .

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T he Subnational Comparative Method in Media Studies: The Case of Mexico

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  1. The Subnational Comparative Method in Media Studies: The Case of Mexico “Media and Governancein LatinAmerica” The University of Sheffield May, 13th and 14th José Antonio Brambila @jabrambila

  2. Comparative Media Studies Figure 1. Terminologyforbasiccomparison. Source. Esser and Hanitzsch, 2012. TheUniversity of Sheffield José Antonio Brambila

  3. New Challenges “It is a study that compares two or more nations with respect to some common activity” (Edelstein, 1982, in Esser, 2013). … Notany more… …How international (i.e. globalization) and domestic (i.e. democratization) process impact the national-state perspective in comparative media studies? TheUniversity of Sheffield José Antonio Brambila

  4. National-statefixation Abovethenationalstate Belowthenationalstate Analyses of: Social or political sub-cultures Sub systems Partial segments of society TheUniversity of Sheffield José Antonio Brambila

  5. Mexican Case Figure 2. Quality of democracy in thestates of Mexico. Source. IDD-Mexico, 2013. TheUniversity of Sheffield José Antonio Brambila

  6. ResearchQuestion How the subnational comparative approach can expand and strengthen the methodological repertoire available for comparative media studies? TheUniversity of Sheffield José Antonio Brambila

  7. Hypothesis Based in thepoliticalscienceliterature (Snyder, 2001), thesubnationalcomparativemethod in media studies… 1) Increasecontrolled comparisons. 2) Stretch the possibility to study cases with high level of internal variation. 3) Better analyse the irregular nature of major processes (i.e. the media in democratization process). TheUniversity of Sheffield José Antonio Brambila

  8. SubnationalLogic of Comparisson Subnational jurisdiction´s relationship with national government is not analogous to a countries relationship with the international system(Gibson, 2013). Following Esser and Hanitzsch (2003), the units of comparison need to be clearly delineated. In the case of federations, the states are entitled to regulate their own media (regulatory framework), and public service broadcasting (PSBs) operate at the subnational level (Puppis and d´Haenens, 2013). TheUniversity of Sheffield José Antonio Brambila

  9. Controlled Comparisons Comparative analysis is all about “controll” (Sartori, 1994) A focus on subnational units can greatly strengthen the ability of comparativists to establish control over potential explanatory variables. And, make easier to develop standard measure in one country. This kind of research allows “control” of many relevant variables that are important in a national context, such as economic crisis, type of government, international influence. TheUniversity of Sheffield José Antonio Brambila

  10. Controlled Comparisons Types of comparisons (Snyder, 2001): -Within national comparison: 32 states. -Between national comparison: Press freedom and journalistic practice in México and EUA (i.e. González de Bustamante and Relly, 2014). -Longitudinal studies: Press freedom in subnational authoritarisms in México (XXI Century) and Solid South of EUA (XIX Century) TheUniversity of Sheffield José Antonio Brambila

  11. Inappropriate Uses of National Averages “In most countries the media do not constitute any single system” (Mc Quail, 1994). Better avoid “one state bias” (Rockan), or “Invalid part to whole mapping”(Gibson, 2013). For example, Freedom House classified México as free country from 2000 to 2010, nevertheless, experts on Mexico produced ample documentation of the continuity and even resurgence of authoritarianism in various Mexican states (Cornelius, Eisenstadt and Hindley, 1999). TheUniversity of Sheffield José Antonio Brambila

  12. Inappropriate Uses of National Averages Figure 2. Attacksagaintsjournalists in México Source. Article 19, 2013. TheUniversity of Sheffield José Antonio Brambila

  13. Theory Building A final advantage of the subnational comparative method concerns how it can help us to build theories that explain the dynamic interconnections among the levels and regions of a political system. (Snyder, 2001). How the subnational parts of the political and media system interact? (Snyder, 2001). Even more, assuming that a change of regime from authoritarianism to democracy has taken place at the national level since 2000, under what conditions do non-democratic media systems (similar to prior authoritarian media system) persist at the subnational level? TheUniversity of Sheffield José Antonio Brambila

  14. Theory Building Figure 3. Responsable of attacksagainstjournalists per level of government. Source. Article 19, 2013. TheUniversity of Sheffield José Antonio Brambila

  15. The Subnational Comparative Method in Media Studies: The Case of Mexico “Media and Governancein LatinAmerica” The University of Sheffield May, 13th and 14th José Antonio Brambila @jabrambila

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