In this section, I explore each canton’s local media, particularly the ones who keep their communities informed on local government affairs and related activities. If a municipal government’s organizational structure includes a public information and/or communications department, their interaction with their local media and constituents will be highlighted.
These media outlets include traditional and electronic new media.
Social Media: This is so common in most communities these days that there is no need for an introduction: Social media are as ubiquitous as the devices that bring them to life. Nonetheless, this is an opportunity to explore how communities use social media to communicate matters of government and politics.
“Un Café en El Fortín” is a video production of Heredia en Digital which offers interviews –and more– with local candidates and government officials on Facebook.
Audio-Visual: These are a community’s YouTubers, Podcasters and the like. They are influencers, and they spread the word, whatever that may be at any given time.
Print Publications: Some print publications are still around. What their purpose is and how they serve a community may be more interesting than the fact that they distribute information on paper.
The first issue of a 40-page, four-color glossy magazine known as San Rafael, a cultural magazine, was published in 2016.