Annotated Referance's

Topic: Who is running the media in Mexico? The Government or the Cartel? 

References:

Mexican government tightens control over independent media. (n.d.). Retrieved November 18, 2014, from http://humanrightshouse.org/Articles/10973.html

This website article discuses examples of what happens to those who are involved working for the media in Mexico. Those who try and uncover detailed information regarding certain stories that are not supposed to be presented to the public are instantly killed such as Mexican reporter Eliseo Barron Hernandez. He was the second reporter who was murdered in Mexico, while even trying to represent the government and use subtitle, cautious measures used while reporting.

The battle of the airwaves. (2012, June 2). Retrieved November 18, 2014, from http://www.economist.com/node/21556274

This article discusses the factors of the government in Mexico, having total control over the media, such as television stations that broadcast elections and news events live. It seems that the Mexican government has the higher authority of how things are perceived on televisions in Mexico. The article states that in Mexico almost seventy percent of citizens have televisions on their homes, but do not have refrigerators. This is a prime example of how controlling the government can be and how the advertised media can not only influence but fear the public of Mexico, by what they are saying.

Anderson, K. (2006). What Went Wrong In Mexico? What the U.S. Media Didn't Tell You. What the U.S. Media Didn't Tell You, 66.(6.), 14-17. Retrieved November 16, 2014, from http://ezproxy.fhda.edu

This scholarly article talks about factors that occurred in both the United States and in Mexico regarding factors about the Mexican government being hidden from both Americans and Mexicans either living in Mexico or in the United States. There are a few examples about how elections are done in Mexico. You can read and begin to understand and question of whether someone who runs for a political position in Mexico will be received and accepted by force or by choice.