Politics of Technology in Latin America (Volume 2)

David Ramírez Plascencia is a professor at the University of Guadalajara, specializing in the study of information law and digital policies.Barbara Carvalho Gurgel has a bachelor’s degree in Political Science from the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth (USA), and is working toward a master’s degree in Journalism from the Harvard Extension School (USA).Professor Avery Plaw specialized in political theory and international relations, with a particular focus on strategic studies.

• Chapter 1. Introduction. Part. I. Digital Media and Daily Life in Latin America. Chapter 2. Drone Ethics and Legal Regulation, Comparative Drone Law in Latin American countries. Chapter 3. Net-narcoculture. Discursive trends on femicide violence and youth culture in the consumption of the narcorap aesthetics versus feminist rap resistances. Chapter 4. COVID-19 Confinement-related Mental Disorders: Morbidity and the Remedial Use of ICT in Hispanic Societies. Chapter 5. Speaking for Communities and Against Oppression: Digital Media Responses to COVID-19 within Marginalized Communities of Brazil and Mexico. Part. II. Information technologies and civil engagement. Chapter 6. Social media as an instrument of activism for feminist university students in Mexico: the cases of MOFFyL and Uni Unida. Chapter 7. Latin American Indigenous Media Productions: Digital Artefacts of Contestation. Chapter 8. Digital media in citizen participation and collective action for spatial justice. Chapter 9. Social Media and Political Polarization in Latin America: analyzing online discussions during the 2018 presidential campaign in Colombia. Part III. Journalism and Media Integrity in the Age of Post-truth. Chapter 10. Digital Native Media in Central America: Reshaping the Online News Sphere. Chapter 11. Disinformation and news consumption in a polarized society: An analysis of the case of Venezuela. Chapter 12. Social Media in a Post-truth Age: Discursive Roles of Fake News About Marielle Franco. Chapter 13. Collaborative Journalism vs. Disinformation: An Approach to Fact-Checking Projects in Mexico, Argentina, Colombia, Brazil, and Spain. Chapter 14. Conclusion.