From Riches to Rags: The Decline of Venezuelan Telenovelas
In E. Korin & P. Pain (Eds.) When Media Succumbs to Rising Authoritarianism: Cautionary Tales from Venezuela’s Recent History, (pp. 61-75). Routledge.
ABSTRACT: In 1994, economist Abdel Güerere classified telenovelas as Venezuela’s most important non-traditional export and envisioned a prosperous future for this media product. In 1999 the country produced 8–12 telenovelas a year. Today no telenovelas are produced in Venezuela and the country’s once powerful telenovela industry is virtually invisible in the international market. Based on research conducted since 1999, this chapter examines this decline, its causes and consequences. What do these factors say about the relation between the media and government in Venezuela, the country’s state of freedom of expression, and the regulation of its discursive spaces in the last 20 years?
Social Media and its Influence on Sexual Activity and Perceptions of Sexual Activity Among College Students
Baldwin-White, A., Darville, G., Shira Chess, & Beer, J. (in press) “Social Media and its Influence on Sexual Activity and Perceptions of Sexual Activity Among College Students,” Journal of American College […]
Picture it, U.S. 2020…’: The Golden Girls and sitcom nostalgia during the pandemic
Kate Fortmueller. “‘Picture it, U.S. 2020…’: The Golden Girls and sitcom nostalgia during the pandemic,” in The Golden Age of Television: The Golden Girls Reader. Edited by Taylor Cole Miller and […]
