Electronic Media is Taking Mexico by Storm Beatrice Loayza - Council on Hemispheric Affairs
go to original August 30, 2013

Electronic media — that is, anything that ranges from independent online news publications to social media platforms such as Twitter — are taking Mexico by storm.

As younger, tech-savvy generations champion the global technology revolution, Mexican society and political culture has seen a fundamental, qualitative change in the way people communicate, coordinate, and learn about the developments around them and elsewhere around the world.

Citizens armed with Smartphones and other modern technologies can quickly divulge the latest scandals and political happenings, leaving corrupt politicians and privileged class elites vulnerable to the whims of powerful dissemination tactics, such as Twitter’s “hashtag” and “retweet” functions.

Electronic media has also empowered the everyday Mexican citizen to fill the gaps left by journalists and lawmen in areas where drug cartels reign supreme, or in situations where the government limits the freedom of the press.

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