The Inter-American balance between plurality of information and media concentration

• Autor: Lovatón Palacios, David
• Formato: artículo
• Fecha de Publicación: 2014
• Institución: Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú
• Repositorio: Revistas - Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú
• Lenguaje: español
• OAI Identifier: oai:revistaspuc:article/11305
• Enlace del recurso: http://revistas.pucp.edu.pe/index.php/derechopucp/article/view/11305
• Nivel de acceso: acceso abierto
• Materia: freedom of speech; media; media concentration; Inter-American system; monopolies; oligopolies; information; libertad de expresión; medios de comunicación; concentración de medios; sistema interamericano; monopolios; oligopolios; información

Freedom of speech as a basic right is the starting point of the article. The Inter-American legal framework contributes pondering on the importance plurality and the vast array of information have in the validity of this right and democracy in general. This consideration is done from the standards given by the Commission reports and the Inter-American Court of Human Rights case law. The article ponders on how and how much the exercise of freedom of speech right is affected by the excessive concentrationof personal property and control over the media.