ISBN:
9783319480398
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (224 pages)
Parallel Title:
Print version Harlow, Summer Liberation Technology in El Salvador : Re-appropriating Social Media among Alternative Media Projects
DDC:
301
Keywords:
Social media
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Social media
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Electronic books
Abstract:
Liberation Technology in El Salvador -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- 1 Introduction -- Mainstream Versus Alternative Media -- Beyond Digital Determinism -- Participation in and Through Technology -- Overview of the Case Studies -- Chapter Outline -- Note on Sources and Ethnocentrism -- Notes -- 2 The Roots of El Salvador's Alternative and Digital Media Environment -- Setting the Scene -- El Salvador's Media -- Giving Voice to the Voiceless -- Defining Alternative Media -- Alternative Media in Latin America -- A Mestizaje Approach to Alternative Digital Media -- Alternative Media in a Digital Era -- Digital Inequalities -- Digital Inequalities in Latin America -- Liberation Technology -- Participation -- Conclusions -- Notes -- 3 Diario CoLatino -- A Different Kind of Newspaper -- Participation Versus Representation -- A Question of Identity -- Social Media: Informing, Not Communicating -- Evolving Uses of Facebook and Twitter -- A Lack of Digital-First Vision -- Digital Inequalities and Blackberries -- Overcoming Non-liberating Uses -- Conclusions -- Notes -- 4 Radio Victoria -- Accompaniment: "I Am Part of Radio Victoria Because I Participate" -- Activism and Empowerment -- Radio and Social Media: Complementary Tools to Bridge Digital Divides -- Social Media: Changes in Participation and Participants -- Finding Counter Uses for "Capitalist" Technologies -- Conclusions -- Notes -- 5 Voces -- "Openness" -- Communication Versus Information Diffusion -- An Online Newspaper in an Offline Country -- Conclusions -- Notes -- 6 Política Stereo -- A Digital Public Sphere -- "Hearing the Other Side" -- "Moving the Debate from Online to Offline" -- "The Elite Tweet" -- Conclusions -- Notes -- 7 Common Threads: A Comparative Analysis -- Diario CoLatino Versus Radio Victoria -- Voces Versus Política Stereo
Abstract:
Comparing Facebook Content -- "Old" versus "New" Media -- Common Challenges and Benefits -- Conclusions -- Notes -- 8 Conclusions: Toward an Understanding of Participation in and through Technology -- Participation in and through Technology -- Liberation Technology -- Content Analysis -- Theoretical Contributions -- Practical Contributions -- Limitations -- Future Research -- Final Thoughts -- Note -- Bibliography -- Index
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