Mass Media: 1900-1920 ( Mexican and Russian Revolution)

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  • "El Hijo del Ahuizote"

    "El Hijo del Ahuizote"
    "El Hijo del Ahuizote" as a newspaper characterized by its opposition to Porfirio Diaz´s regime. This image reveals an antiporfirist protest held in the offices of the newspaper.
  • Diaz- Creelman interview

    Diaz- Creelman interview
    The newspaper “El Imparcial” published the translated interview that Creelman made to Diaz 6 months before. In the article, Diaz talked about his long time in the presidency as an act of duty to the country. Also, he mentioned that he had pacify and led Mexico to the progress, among other things. The interview provoked a lot of discontent among citizens, and riots began to rise.
  • Liberty of Expression

    Liberty of Expression
    The oppression and censure of the newspapers that were against Porfirio Díaz became stronger. Newspapers like "El Paladín", "Redención", "El Constitucional", y "Diario del Hogar," had to stop publishing, and many of their reporters and journalists were incarcerated.
  • Illegal Newspapers

    Illegal Newspapers
    Newspapers in favor of the revolution were printed illegally and in very thin papers so they could be easily transported throughout the borders of Russia without the secret police noticing; most of the times the newspapers were exchanged in common civic spaces. Furthermore, Iskra and Pravda were cities that reported back on local events, and also distributed the newspapers.
  • "Propaganda in Russia"

    "Propaganda in Russia"
    Throughout the Russian Revolution, the Russian Telegraph Agency implemented a project called “Okna Rosta”, in which artists turned telegrams from the Red Army soldiers and generals into posters. The first poster was made in October 1919 by M. M. Cheremnykh. V. V. Maya-kovsky, I. A. Maliutin, and D. S. Moor later worked with Cheremnykh.