The media and foreign policy The press and the Ecuador-Peru peace process: 1998

With the level of interaction of global actors progressing during the past decades, the role of the media has increased, and its relevance both in domestic and international politics has become more notorious. The impact the media exert on the society is key whenever citizens express their opinions and embrace issues that are nearest to them. This phenomenon has called the attention of several academics willing to analyze the role of the media as opinion-shapers, political actors, and disseminators and exporters of culture. 2 The article analyzes a particular case of influence and participation of the press in the foreign policy of States and, more precisely the Ecuadorian-Peruvian peace process of 1998.