The term captured-liberal has been proposed as an approach to Latin American media systems. Here, we contend these systems result from the region’s particular democratization path (i.e., competitive and open access to power but a flawed exercise of power). We also contend that since media systems operate at structural levels, the concept does not seem flexible enough to explain conjunctural variations and particular dynamics in the media landscape. We propose that these aspects are better explained by looking at regimes (roles) rather than systems (structures). Thus, we advance the concept of media regimes, which, by responding to the political orientation of the government in office, incarnates into two forms in some Latin American cases: a corporate-consensus or a confrontational media regime.

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超越媒体系统：三个拉丁美洲案例中的企业共识和对抗性媒体制度

“捕获自由主义”一词已被提出作为拉丁美洲媒体系统的一种方法。在这里，我们认为这些制度是该地区特定民主化道路的结果（即竞争性和开放性的权力获取，但权力的行使存在缺陷）。我们还认为，由于媒体系统在结构层面上运作，这个概念似乎不够灵活，无法解释媒体格局中的结合变化和特定动态。我们建议通过查看制度（角色）而不是系统（结构）来更好地解释这些方面。因此，我们提出媒体政权的概念，通过回应执政政府的政治取向，在一些拉美案例中，媒体政权体现为两种形式：企业共识或对抗性媒体政权。