The social media in Panama: Background, status and prospects for the new millennium. A critical analysis

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Vielka Vásquez de Ávila

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In Panama, as in the rest of Latin America, the media are concentrated in urban areas, marginalizing rural areas, in this case, therefore, the greatest concentration is in the province of Panama, the most developed. The media in Panama are affected by socio-economic imbalance. The information in this country is vertical and linear with a manipulative authoritarian issuer and a passive recipient, with no little exchange of experience between them. There is a great unit, and therefore influence, the United States in the field of communications.

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Vásquez de Ávila, V. (2005). The social media in Panama: Background, status and prospects for the new millennium. A critical analysis. Revista de Comunicación de la SEECI, (7), 21–35. https://doi.org/10.15198/seeci.2001.7.21-35
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Vielka Vásquez de Ávila, Ex – decana de la Facultad de Ciencias de la Comunicación Social. Universidad de Panamá.

Decana de la Facultad de Comunicación Social de la Universidad de Panamá (Panamá). Experta en historia del Canal e Panamá, en temática de género y en periodismo radiofónico.