The Study of the Internet in Latin America

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Raúl Trejo Delarbre
Keyword(s):  
Latin America ◽  
The Internet

No, it did Not Grow Up because of the Internet

2015 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
pp. 35-52
Author(s):  
Jorge Saavedra Utman
Keyword(s):  
Latin America ◽  
Latin American ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Special Focus ◽  
Communicative Practices ◽  
Social Mobilisation ◽  
The Senses ◽  
The Web

While there is a general agreement on the contribution that Internet has implied for social mobilisation regarding information and networked sociability, there is a strand sustaining that the web and new technologies of communication have the power to liberate people, introduce democracy and democratize nations. In this paper, the author deals with these perspectives with a special focus on Latin America and Latin American quests for democracy. Taking the case of the Chilean students movement of 2011, he describes and analyses a set of “old” and basic communicative practices located within the walled intimacy of houses, occupied schools and assemblies. This description and analysis brings to the fore mediations that being at the very emergence of the movement, underlies and exceeds the Internet, providing elements to light up what technological determinisms shadow: the senses and sensibilities displayed in practices looking for voice, participation and recognition in the middle of neoliberal democracies.

scholarly journals How to organize science and technology information in Latin America?

2016 ◽  
pp. 131-132
Author(s):  
Mauricio Palacios Gómez
Keyword(s):  
Latin America ◽  
Internet Use ◽  
Science And Technology ◽  
Knowledge Networks ◽  
The Internet ◽  
High Quality ◽  
Informed Decisions ◽  
Science And Technology Policies ◽  
Technology Policies

To better guide science and technology policies, it is required high quality and updated information on organizations, researchers, projects and products. The growth of the Internet use in research has provided more information on these aspects; however, the volume of data made more difficult the methods for processing and organizing them in a way useful to understand and make informed decisions. Problems such as duplication of information, difficulties in monitoring processes (authors and projects with products), and the lack of identification of thematic research and knowledge networks have increased in the last twenty years. In all this, the most important factor hindering the organization of data has been the need to identify each component.

The curious absence of cybernationalism in Latin America: Lessons for the study of digital sovereignty and governance

2021 ◽  
pp. 205704732110467
Author(s):  
Martin Becerra ◽  
Silvio R Waisbord
Keyword(s):  
Latin America ◽  
Digital Media ◽  
Media Industries ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Traffic Data ◽  
Empirical Observation ◽  
Digital Platforms ◽  
The Past ◽  
Data Ownership ◽  
Digital Governance

In this article, we are interested in examining the factors that drive cybernationalism and digital governance in media policies. As scholars with a long-standing interest in media industries and policies in Latin America, we start with a simple empirical observation: the curious absence of debates and strong efforts to regulate digital media in the region grounded on nationalistic arguments. It is not exaggerated to affirm that for the past two decades, the region has largely adopted a laissez-faire, deregulatory approach on fundamental issues about the structure and functioning of the Internet, including the performance of global digital platforms, content traffic, data ownership and access, and speech. We believe that understanding the decades-long transition from nationalistic media regulations to pragmatism in digital policies in Latin America yields valuable insights for theorizing the conditions that foster (and discourage) nationalism and sovereignty in digital policies.

scholarly journals The Internet and the ability to innovate in Latin America

2003 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 53-72 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alberto Chong ◽  
Alejandro Micco
Keyword(s):  
Latin America ◽  
The Internet
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