El desengaño de internet
El desengaño de internet

Author: Evgeny Morozov

Publisher: Grupo Planeta Spain

Published: 2012-06-12

Total Pages: 403

ISBN-13: 8423328031

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Cuando en junio de 2009 estalló la revuelta en Irán, los medios de comunicación occidentales se apresuraron a bautizar aquellas protestas como la primera revolución Twitter, y numerosos analistas y políticos vieron en semejante —y aparente— demostración palpable del poder agitador de las redes sociales un refuerzo para su ciberutopismo. Sin embargo, y pese a lo mucho que se habla de internet como herramienta de democratización, regímenes autoritarios como los de Irán y China siguen sin dar muestras de inestabilidad. De hecho, según revela en este libro Evgeny Morozov, están utilizando internet para perfeccionar sus técnicas de espionaje sobre la población. A juicio de Morozov, lo que los ciberutopistas olvidan es que las inmensas posibilidades de internet pueden utilizarse para hacer campaña a favor de las libertades, sí, pero también para todo lo contrario, es decir, para fomentar la represión, el conformismo y la ceguera. Y no sólo a través de la censura: Morozov, él mismo un ciberutopista converso, defiende que internet, más que el catalizador de un cambio que llevará a los jóvenes a la calle, podría muy bien ser el nuevo opio de las masas. Al fin y al cabo, «las búsquedas más populares en los buscadores de internet rusos no son “¿qué es la democracia?” o “cómo proteger los derechos humanos”, sino “¿qué es el amor?” y “cómo perder peso”.» Armado de pruebas concluyentes, Morozov pone de manifiesto en este libro que hemos de dejar de pensar que internet y los medios sociales son liberadores per se, y que iniciativas ambiciosas y en apariencia nobles como la promoción de la «libertad en internet» pueden tener desastrosas implicaciones para el futuro de la democracia en su conjunto.

The Net Delusion
The Net Delusion

Author: Evgeny Morozov

Publisher: Public Affairs

Published: 2011-01-04

Total Pages: 432

ISBN-13: 1586488740

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Fiction. "DISAPPEARANCE is a magical tale of the struggle to make sense of a multilayered world in which change is the only thing to be sure of--to hold on to somehow--even when what you're holding is never still, and so making sense means letting go. Here games and game worlds are sometimes a metaphor of sorts, and sometimes more tangibly, technologically actual. Like Cronenberg's strange sci fi reverie, eXistenZ, in which 'real' and 'virtual' are twisted to the point where you no longer can tell them apart, in this novel games do something more than transport you to other dimensions or layers in time and space. They ultimately transform you, and you will never be the same. Then again, it appears that you were never the same anyway, but always other. Reading DISAPPEARANCE, I am other."--Jenny Sunden, author of Gender and Sexuality in Online Game Cultures

Debates for the Digital Age
Debates for the Digital Age

Author: Danielle Sarver Coombs

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA

Published: 2015-11-23

Total Pages: 528

ISBN-13:

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By evaluating the Internet's impact on key cultural issues of the day, this book provides a comprehensive overview of the seismic technological and cultural shifts the Internet has created in contemporary society. Books about Internet culture usually focus on the people, places, sites, and memes that constitute the "cutting-edge" at the time the book is written. That approach, alas, renders such volumes quickly obsolete. This provocative work, on the other hand, focuses on overarching themes that will remain relevant for the long term. The insights it shares will highlight the tremendous impact of the Internet on modern civilization—and individual lives—well after specific players and sites have fallen out of favor. Content is presented in two volumes. The first emphasizes the positive impact of Internet culture—for example, 24-hour access to information, music, books, merchandise, employment opportunities, and even romance. The second discusses the Internet's darker consequences, such as a demand for instant news that often pushes journalists to prioritize being first over being right, online scams, and invasions of privacy that can affect anyone who banks, shops, pays bills, or posts online. Readers of the set will clearly understand how the Internet has revolutionized communications and redefined human interaction, coming away with a unique appreciation of the realities of today's digital world—for better and for worse.

Media and Metamedia Management
Media and Metamedia Management

Author: Francisco Campos Freire

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2016-11-21

Total Pages: 514

ISBN-13: 3319460684

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Media and Metamedia Management has contributions from seven prestigious experts, who offer their expertise and the view from their vantage point on communication, journalism, advertising, audiovisual, and corporate, political, and digital communication, paying special attention to the role of new technologies, the Internet and social networks, also from an ethics and legal dimension. A total of 118 authors belonging to 31 universities from Spain, Portugal, England and Ecuador have contributed to this book edited, coordinated and introduced by professors Francisco Campos-Freire and Xosé López-García, from the University of Santiago de Compostela, José Rúas-Araújo, from the University of Vigo, and Valentín A. Martínez-Fernández, from the University of A Coruña. Readers may also enjoy 66 articles, grouped into diverse chapters, on Journalism and cyberjournalism, audiovisual sector and media economy, corporate and institutional communication, and new media and metamedia.

The Rule of Law in Cyberspace
The Rule of Law in Cyberspace

Author: Carlos Blanco de Morais

Publisher: Springer Nature

Published: 2022-09-06

Total Pages: 397

ISBN-13: 3031073770

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The rule of law in cyberspace currently faces serious challenges. From the democratic system to the exercise of fundamental rights, the Internet has raised a host of new issues for classic legal institutions. This book provides a valuable contribution to the fields of international, constitutional and administrative law scholarship as the three interact in cyberspace. The respective chapters cover topics such as the notion of digital states and digital sovereignty, jurisdiction over the Internet, e-government, and artificial intelligence. The authors are eminent scholars and international experts with a profound knowledge of these topics. Particular attention is paid to the areas of digital democracy, digital media and regulation of the digital world. The approach employed is based on a comparative perspective from Germany, the Netherlands, Italy, Portugal and Brazil. One particular focus is on how various legal systems are coping with increasing difficulties in the exercise of democracy with regard to disinformation and hate speech. The roles of legislators, the judicial system and public administrations are analysed in the light of the latest cases, conflicts and technologies. In addition to this comparative approach, the book explores the evolution of rule of law in cyberspace and the upcoming new legal regimes in the European Union and Brazil. Special care is taken to offer a critical review of both the literature and the latest legal solutions adopted and being considered regarding the regulation of cyberspace from a constitutional and administrative perspective. Given its scope, the book will be of interest to researchers and scholars in the field of digital law whose work involves constitutional problems in cyberspace and/or practical problems concerning the regulation of social networks and online commerce.

Post-Popular Cultures and Digital Capitalism in Latin America
Post-Popular Cultures and Digital Capitalism in Latin America

Author: Pablo Alabarces

Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Published: 2024-03-08

Total Pages: 251

ISBN-13: 1003853773

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In this book, renowned Latin American intellectuals, Pablo Alabarces and Néstor García Canclini, bring us up to date on the changes in the status and role of the popular classes in Latin American democracies over the past two decades. Building on decades-long research and experience in the field of cultural studies, the authors ask how the digitalization and economization of society are changing the reality of political participation and social inequality in Latin America and beyond, leading to new forms of economic and cultural marginalization. García Canclini focuses on the rapid digitalization of our society and economies, ruminating over the future of political participation and democracy in the coming age of algorithms, transnationalization, and social precarity for growing swaths of the population. By contrast, Alabarces focuses on the disintegration and commodification of popular cultures throughout Latin America in the last two decades and discusses the consequences on democratic projects in the region. Both pieces approach the question of how democratic projects on a local, regional, national, and transnational level can deal with galloping social disintegration and accelerating political discontent as an increasing number of people within the course of this digital revolution gain voice: all this against the authoritarian or technocratic alternatives that have been gaining ground again. The introduction by Sarah Corona contextualizes the contributions and their authors in the academic and political debate. She connects their focus on popular cultures to broader questions regarding the future of nation-states and democracies facing multiple crises in the region and beyond. Post-Popular Cultures and Digital Capitalism in Latin America will be of interest to researchers and postgraduate students in political science, sociology, and cultural studies looking to freshen their views as well as develop an understanding of the Global South’s perspective on current global issues.

Let's Go Central America 9th Edition
Let's Go Central America 9th Edition

Author: Let's Go Inc.

Publisher: Macmillan

Published: 2004-12-13

Total Pages: 928

ISBN-13: 9780312335595

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Completely revised and updated, Let's Go: Central America is your comprehensive guide to Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Panama. Our forty-five years of travel savvy deliver the practical facts you need to navigate this quickly changing area. This edition boasts expanded coverage of local and indigenous culture, beaches, and the outdoors. More listings of Spanish schools and volunteer opportunities help travelers extend their stays, get involved, and make a difference. So, whether you'd rather explore the rich biodiversity of a mangrove reserve in Monterrico or converge on a sprawling Latin-style rodeo in Managua, Let's Go is the only guide you'll need.

Mexico & Central America
Mexico & Central America

Author: Peter Hutchison

Publisher: Footprint Handbooks

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 1430

ISBN-13:

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The only guide covering Mexico as well as the seven countries in Central America. Border crossings and how to get the best out of each country. From the Tortilla Curtain to the Darien Gap. Best of festivals. Red hot lava tongues and deep blue sea holes. Get off the beaten track. Warmongering Aztecs and Maya sacrifice. Chocolate makers and surf breakers. The pick of diving, surfing and trekking. Full-colour maps. Mischief-making monkeys, spookey-eyed frogs, chilli and chicha….

Periodismo de marcas
Periodismo de marcas

Author: Carlos J. Campo

Publisher: Editorial UOC

Published: 2016-06-30

Total Pages: 251

ISBN-13: 8490649316

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El periodismo de marcas es para unos pocos. Da lo mismo si se trata de enormes marcas multinacionales o de pequeñas denominaciones muy especializadas o muy locales. Es para una selectísima minoría y, además, es periodismo puro y duro.Hoy, con el descrédito de la publicidad, la desintermediación de la información, el desengaño tecnológico y la pérdida de la ingenuidad de las audiencias, se ha creado el escenario perfecto para desarrollar un periodismo que pretende una influenci todopoderosa.Este tratado actualiza los modos de este periodismo, abordando su sustrato teórico. Discrimina el contenido de marca de la acción periodística. Desmiente la antitética conceptual de periodismo y marca en una misma expresión. Y desvela, desde la experiencia, cómo fundar la redacción de marca, diseñar la línea editorial y ejercerlo cotidianamente.La marca que lo use se cotizará más. Y la corporación que evolucione con él logrará unos resultados económicos aún mejores.

Front Lines
Front Lines

Author: Miguel Martínez

Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press

Published: 2016-09-13

Total Pages: 320

ISBN-13: 0812248422

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Front Lines documents the literary practices of imperial Spain's common soldiers. The epic poems, chronicles, ballads, and autobiographies that these soldiers wrote at the front provide a critical view from below on state violence and imperial expansion.