STUDY FINDS MEXICAN TV TOO COMMERCIAL
Although nearly 700 programs are shown on Mexican television, only nine are of any educational value, according to a newly released private study.
Claudia Valero, a sociologist at the National University, said Mexican television “imitates the model of commercial American broadcasting,” aiding multinational firms to profit from “commercial bombardment.”
The study, cited in El Financiero newspaper, also said the lack of educational programming is detrimental to the country, and fails to fill the “needs of the Mexican people.”
The lion’s share of Mexican television programming is controlled by a privately run network, which depends largely on translations of U.S. situation comedies.
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