
This booklet compares insurgent media use in 3 Mesoamerican rebellions: the Nicaraguan Revolution, the Salvadoran civil battle and the Zapatista rebellion in Chiapas, Mexico. at once evaluating media use in all 3 rebellions offers a richer realizing of the position of media in social swap, fairly violent switch.
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