Networks, Society, and Polis: Epistemological Approaches on Mediatization

Mediatization, polis, and frontier events: analysis of the newsworthiness about the CUT BRA-PY-AR 179 mation that shows differences and similarities within the CUT. The coverage of telephone and internet services is perhaps one of the reasons why Foz do Iguaçu has nine newspapers – most of them online. Other media-communication initiatives also express the primacy of the Brazilian city in the CUT, de- spite the economic vulnerability of media companies. While Puerto Iguazú in Argentina has one newspaper, 16 radios, and a signal from a television station, Ciudad del Este in Paraguay features four newspapers, 21 radios, and signal from six tele- vision stations, approaching the number of communication vehicles found on the Brazilian side. The Argentinian city of Puerto Iguazú has a public radio, a rare example in the tri-na- tional context, Radio Cataratas, recovered in 1992 and part of a network of public broadcasters (SILVEIRA, 2011). The poten- tial of the media scene in the CUT is perceptibly powerful and requires attention to investigate the status of newsworthiness, which is constantly updated there.