Resumen

TORRES ALONSO, Eduardo. New Legislation for mexican democracy: Electoral reform 2007-2008 and the media. Estud. polít. (Méx.) [online]. 2011, n.24, pp.107-129. ISSN 0185-1616.

In any democratic system mass media play a prominent role. Nevertheless, inappropriate mass media regulation can cause democracy to be replaced by video politics. This article analyses the 2007-2008 Mexican electoral reform emphasizing in the political communication model in order to point out the advances and drawbacks present in the consolidation faced by the Mexican democratic regime.

Palabras llave : electoral reform; mass media; political communication; video politics; Mexico.