The Influences of International Media on Chilean Media and Their Approaches to Human Rights Issues

Authors

Leticia Adams, Brigham Young University
Dr. Eliza Tanner, Brigham Young University

Keywords

international media, Chilean media, human rights issues, HR

College

Fine Arts and Communications

Department

Communications

Abstract

Over the past ten years, Chilean media have had more access to international media due to Chile’s expanding telecommunications platform. The purpose of this study was to investigate whether or not international media coverage of human rights (HR) issues influences Chilean media coverage of HR issues. I define international media (IM) as media that originate outside of Chile and transcend Chile’s borders via communication systems such as the Internet, satellite, or fax. I hypothesized that the presence of IM causes Chilean media to deal with HR issues in ways that they would not if they were entirely isolated.

Recommended Citation

Adams, Leticia and Tanner, Dr. Eliza (2014) "The Influences of International Media on Chilean Media and Their Approaches to Human Rights Issues," Journal of Undergraduate Research: Vol. 2014: Iss. 1, Article 480.
Available at: https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/jur/vol2014/iss1/480