Larrosa-Fuentes, J. S. (2018). The Decline of the Industrial Press: Guadalajara’s Newspapers History (1991-2011). In M. E. Hernández Ramírez (Ed.), Mexican Studies on Journalism: Takeoff and Institutionalization (pp. 189–244). Guadalajara: University of Guadalajara.
This text presents a review of the political and economic history of the newspapers that circulated in the city of Guadalajara (Mexico) from 1991 to 2011. The research is based on the historical-structural theoretical-methodological framework, which proposes the analysis of the historical structures that allow the functioning of communication systems (Sánchez Ruiz, 1992). Also, the article suggests an extension of this framework, through the incorporation of analysis of critical conjunctures (Hall, 1978, Jhally, 2012, Pickard, 2014). In this way, the article narrates the history of the tapatíos newspapers through six critical junctures that transformed this communicative system: the explosions of April 22, 1992, the economic crisis of 1994, the political transition of Jalisco in 1995, the expansion of Monterrey capitalists from the journalistic sector to Guadalajara, as well as the financial crises of 2002 and 2008. These conjunctures show a rough transition of the Guadalajara newspaper system. At the beginning of the nineties, these newspapers were elaborated through an industrial production model. At the end of the first decade of the 21st century, the system adopted a hybrid model in which traits of the industrial model could still be observed but, on the other hand, also presented features of a post-industrial model governed by digitalization, economic convergence , labor flexibilization, and the transformation in the value chain of these communication companies.
Estudios sobre periodismo en México
