Abstract

VALDES VEGA, María Eugenia. Reform of Telecommunications and Broadcasting in Mexico: The Perspective of the Mexican Association of the Right to Information. Tla-melaua [online]. 2016, vol.9, n.39, pp.188-212. ISSN 2594-0716.

This paper describes the participation of one of the most conspicuous groups of organized society in the country: the Mexican Society of the Right to Information (Asociación Mexicana del Derecho a la Información - Amedi), in the debate and non-partisan political actions about the democratization of mass media.

From a theoretical reflection about the participation of civil society in a dialog with political decision makers for a greater democratic impulse, the proposals and actions of the Mexican Society of the Right to Information are listed around the constitutional reforms in broadcasting and telecommunications from 2013.

It is also argued the subsequent debate on the regulatory laws proposed by Enrique Peña Nieto's Government, as indispensable contributions of society (not sufficiently valued by political actors) the legislative work and the quality of democracy in Mexico.

Keywords : Media; Neoliberalism; Civil Society; Legislative Reforms.