JOURNAL OF SPANISH LANGUAGE MEDIA Vol. 1 2008 ISSN: 1940-0810 Center for Spanish Language Media University of North Texas P O Box 310589, Denton, TX 76203 USA i The Journal of Spanish Language Media A publication of the Center for Spanish Language Media The University of North Texas Denton, TX, USA Alan B. Albarran, Director Christine M. Paswan, Program/Project Coordinator The papers published in this inaugural issue of The Journal of Spanish Language Media were submitted from presentations at the first conference hosted by the Center on “Assessing the State of Spanish Language Media” November 8-10, 2007. We thank each of the authors for sharing their work in the inaugural issue of this new journal. Please consider submitting your work for future issues of the journal. The Journal is open to all theoretical and methodological approaches, as long as the paper has some relationship to Spanish Language media, either in the United States, Latin America or Spain. Submissions must be in English. For more information, please contact us at
[email protected] 1 Vol. 1 2008 The Journal of Spanish Language Media is an annual electronic journal available at www.spanishmedia.unt.edu and published by the Center for Spanish Language Media at the University of North Texas. As an electronic journal the Journal of Spanish Language Media publishes articles related to all aspects of the Spanish language media. The Journal of Spanish Language Media is peer reviewed. All communications related to the journal should be sent to the Center for Spanish Language Media, University of North Texas, P.