This study approaches a pressing question for the public the media and in academia: how can
the media be held accountable? By focusing on the relationship between media and accountability
in the understudied region of Latin America Mariella Bastian provides a theoretical framework
for the analysis of media accountability (MA) beyond the Global North. The underlying
conditions for the development of MA in Brazil Argentina and Uruguay are identified by
conducting a multi-method study. The author also gives an overview of the status quo of the
implementation of both traditional and innovative MA instruments.
