Spanish-Language Television

Manuel G. AvilÉs-Santiago is a professor of Communication and Culture at Arizona State University. He also serves as the vice dean at the College of Integrative Sciences and Arts. He is the author of Puerto Rican Soldiers and Second-Class Citizenship: Representations in Media.Jillian M. BÁez is an associate professor in the Africana, Puerto Rican, and Latino Studies Department at Hunter College, City University of New York. She is also on the doctoral faculty in Women’s and Gender Studies at the CUNY Graduate Center. She is the author of In Search of Belonging: Latinas, Media, and Citizenship.

Jillian BÁez and Manuel AvilÉs-Santiago offer an authoritative and insightful lens for this pivotal work. Spanish-Language Television: Cultural and Industrial Transformations presents a powerful case for the creation of a distinct subfield within media studies and Latinx media studies focused on Spanish-language television. Readers gain a deep understanding of how Spanish was central to the foundation of Spanish-language television, while also tracing the ways in which the language has evolved in tandem with technological advancements, demographic changes, and more. In the end, BÁez and AvilÉs-Santiago reveal how television and its Latinx audience have mutually influenced each other, undergoing a dynamic and reciprocal transformation. - Dolores Inés Casillas, University of California, Santa Barbara, author of Sounds of Belonging: U.S. Spanish-language Radio and Public Advocacy Spanish-Language Television: Cultural and Industrial Transformations offers insights into pressing challenges within the industry, such as advocating for a more critical examination of Spanish-language television’s approach to race. In this ever-changing panorama, nothing is set in stone. Therefore, Jillian BÁez and Manuel AvilÉs-Santiago provide an outstanding contribution to how we rethink our notions of what television is, who it serves, and how content should be circulated. - Jessica Retis, University of Arizona, coeditor of Reporting on Latino/a/x Communities: A Guide for Journalists

• Introduction Chapter 1. Speaking To Billennials: Linguistic Flexibility in Reality Television Chapter 2. Framing Race in Spanish-Language Television Chapter 3. Latin(¿quÉ?): Let the Audiences Speak! Chapter 4. Streaming Media, Nostalgia, and the Future of Spanish-Language Television Conclusion Acknowledgments Notes References Index