[Commlist] Recent publication - The Politics of Technology in Latin America Volume 1 and Volume 2

*New books: The Politics of Technology in Latin America Volume 1 and 
Volume 2. **Routledge 2021*.
Edited By Avery Plaw, David Ramírez Plascencia, Barbara Carvalho Gurgel

*The Politics of Technology in Latin America Volume 1.*
This book analyses the arrival of emerging and traditional information 
and technology for public and economic use in Latin America. It focuses 
on the governmental, economic and security issues and the study of the 
complex relationship between citizens and government.

The book is divided into three parts:

• ‘Digital data and privacy, prospects and barriers’ centers on the 
debates among the right of privacy and the loss of intimacy in the Internet,

• ‘Homeland security and human rights’ focuses on how novel technologies 
such as drones and autonomous weapons systems reconfigure the strategies 
of police authorities and organized crime,

• ‘Labor Markets, digital media and emerging technologies’ emphasize the 
legal, economic and social perils and challenges caused by the increased 
presence of social media, blockchain-based applications, artificial 
intelligence and automation technologies in the Latin American economy.

This first volume in a two-volume set will be important reading for 
scholars and students of governance in Latin American, the protection of 
human rights and the use of technology to combat crime and the new 
advances of digital economy in the region.

https://www.routledge.com/The-Politics-of-Technology-in-Latin-America-Volume-2-Digital-Media-Daily/Plascencia-Gurgel-Plaw/p/book/9780367360115 
<https://www.routledge.com/The-Politics-of-Technology-in-Latin-America-Volume-2-Digital-Media-Daily/Plascencia-Gurgel-Plaw/p/book/9780367360115>

*The Politics of Technology in Latin America Volume 2.*

This volume focuses on the hyper-mediatization of Latin America from the 
citizen’s perspective, considering the social impact and how people 
embrace information technologies to improve their living conditions, 
engage in political issues and the role of digital journalism in 
promoting democratic values in Latin America.

The book is divided into three parts:

•‘Digital Media and Daily Life in Latin America’ explores cases related 
to the integration of digital media such as mobile devices, social 
platforms and, even, drones to diverse commercial, private and social 
activities.

•‘Information technologies and civic engagement’ gives special attention 
to the new political practices triggered by the irruption of smartphones 
and platforms, especially inside organizations and social movements in 
Latin America.

•‘Journalism and Media Integrity in the Age of Post-truth’ centers on 
the study of digital journalism and the new media landscape, and related 
issues like precarization of labor conditions and the crisis of 
reliability in media.

This second volume in a two-volume set will be important reading for 
scholars and students of social use of digital media in Latin America, 
civic engagement, and the connections between politics, journalism and 
technology.

https://www.routledge.com/The-Politics-of-Technology-in-Latin-America-Volume-1-Data-Protection/Plaw-Gurgel-Plascencia/p/book/9780367359416 




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