The Latin American media system. -- Public communications and regulation in Latin America. -- European public service broadcasting revisited. -- Journalism for the public interest: the crisis of civic communications and journalism cultures in Latin America. -- Audience perceptions of quality programming and the public media. -- Television, popular culture and Latin American and Brazilian identity. -- Media and politics in Latin America: political cynicism and the digital divide. -- Mediated politics in the 2010 Brazilian elections. -- Conclusion.
