Freedom of the Press in the Rafael Correa' Thought

The purpose of this article is to summarize Rafael Correa’s thoughts towardsthe freedom of the press. It analizes twenty interviews that were made by differentmeans of communication. Beggining with the main topic some othertopics are chosen; Mr. Correa’s arguments are presented and the reaction ofth...

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Autor: Barrera Rivera, Abner
Tipo de documento: artigo
Estado:Versão publicada
Data de publicação:2019
País:Costa Rica
Recursos:Universidad Nacional de Costa Rica
Repositório:Portal de Revistas UNA
Idioma:espanhol
OAI Identifier:oai:www.revistas.una.ac.cr:article/11707
Acesso em linha:https://www.revistas.una.ac.cr/index.php/repertorio/article/view/11707
Access Level:Acceso aberto
Palavra-chave:freedom of the press
human rights
political actors
Rafael Correa
libertad de prensa
derechos humanos
actores políticos
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Resumo:The purpose of this article is to summarize Rafael Correa’s thoughts towardsthe freedom of the press. It analizes twenty interviews that were made by differentmeans of communication. Beggining with the main topic some othertopics are chosen; Mr. Correa’s arguments are presented and the reaction ofthe journalists and reporters towards his point of view is shown. The articlepoints that the great media has become a political actor that has turned informationinto a commodity. In order to guarantee the freedom of the press,it posed that mass media companies should be public and supervised civilsociety. It proposes the creation of new laws to guarantee the independence,plurality, and democracy of the media.