MEXICO MEDIA GUIDE - A Media Companion for Expats in Mexico

Connect with Mexico (CWM) created this course to teach English-speaking expats how to identify relevant Mexican media sources and how to translate their content into English. Regularly consulting Mexican outlets – such as newspapers, magazines, and television broadcasts – will keep you updated as to what is happening in the country, what Mexicans are talking about, and what is being said about those issues you’re most interested about. As all other CWM courses, this class is designed to give students the right tools to effectively interact with Mexicans. This is a self-paced course. Students may assign hours depending on their personal preferences and time availability. The average student requires 8 hours to complete this course. The price of MXN $1,975.00 is equivalent to approximately USD $100.00 The Table of Contents is as follows: 1. Course Description. 1.1 Introduction by Carlos Navarro. 2. Print media. 2.1 Literacy and reading. 2.2 Major national newspapers. 2.3 Magazines and other periodicals. 3. Broadcasting. 3.1 Radio and Television: access and use. 3.2 Commercial broadcasting. 3.3 Public broadcasting. 3.4 Cable news. 3.5 Inventing color TV: Meet Guillermo González Camarena. 4. Translation tools. 4.1 Reading the Mexican press in English. 4.2 Watching Mexican broadcasts in English. 4.3 Searching in Spanish, reading in English. 4.4 Comments on translation of media items. 4.5 Useful Spanish acronyms and abbreviations. 5. A peek into social media in Mexico. 5.1 Internet access and use. 5.2 Social media specifics. 6. A free press in Mexico? 6.1 Press freedoms. 6.2 Threats to journalism. 7. Closing by Carlos Navarro.