Reporting in the midst of helplessness: Analysis of the Mexican journalists’ protection measures from the local context

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https://doi.org/10.26441/RC19.2-2020-A5

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journalism, legislation, protection, violence, risk

Abstract

The aim of this paper is to present a formal analysis of the local laws related to Mexican journalists’ protection, and compare it with news workers’ perceptions on this issue. The starting point is a theoretical discussion on the current risk of practicing journalism, and the need to provide local legal assistance. This is followed by an argumentative formal analysis of the local laws, complemented by a set of 55 semi-structured interviews with journalists from the same places, which were conducted between February 2017 and August 2018. The findings show three kinds of legal protection: social, civil, and physical. On the contrary, based upon their own experiences, reporters do not trust in those laws. The final argument is that the local context matters in order to understand how the protection measures operate in the most dangerous country in the world for journalism.

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Author Biographies

  • Salvador De León Vázquez, Universidad Autónoma de Aguascalientes

    Doctor en Estudios Científico-Sociales por el Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Occidente, Profesor-Investigador Titular del Departamento de Comunicación y Coordinador del Doctorado en Estudios Socioculturales de la Universidad Autónoma de Aguascalientes, México

  • Rubén Arnoldo González Macías, Universidad Autónoma de Puebla

    Doctor en Estudios de la Comunicación por la Universidad de Leeds, Profesor-Investigador del Instituto de Ciencias de Gobierno y Desarrollo Estratégico de la Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, México, en donde coordina el Centro de Estudios en Comunicación Política. Es miembro del Sistema Nacional de Investigadores en el nivel de candidato

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Published

2020-09-11

Issue

Vol. 19 No. 2 (2020)

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Papers

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How to Cite

De León Vázquez, S., & González Macías, R. A. (2020). Reporting in the midst of helplessness: Analysis of the Mexican journalists’ protection measures from the local context. Revista De Comunicación, 19(2), 87-109. https://doi.org/10.26441/RC19.2-2020-A5