Liberation Technology in El Salvador Re-appropriating Social Media a
This ethnographic study explores how four alternative media projects in El Salvador integrated digital technologies—particularly social media—into their practices, and whether incorporating these technologies affected citizen participation not only in the
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Summer Harlow
Liberation Technology in El Salvador Re-appropriating Social Media among Alternative Media Projects
Summer Harlow School of Communication Florida State University Tallahassee, Florida, USA
ISBN 978-3-319-48038-1 DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-48039-8
ISBN 978-3-319-48039-8 (eBook)
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For Ginger, mi tía and so much more
These homilies try to be this people’s voice. They try to be the voice of those who have no voice. And so, without a doubt, they displease those who have too much voice. This poor voice will find echo in those who love the truth and who truly love our dear people. — Archbishop Oscar Arnulfo Romero, 29 July 1979
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
I want to acknowledge the generosity, support, and expertise of so many colleagues, friends, and institutions (more than I can name) that I relied upon to write this book. This book, based on my Ph.D. dissertation at the University of Texas at Austin, would not have been possible without the guidance, constructive criticisms, and encouragement of my committee: co-chairs Tom Johnson and Mercedes de Uriarte, and members Rosental Calmon Alves, Joseph Straubhaar, and Laura Stein. I am indebted to them for their advice, insights, and friendship (hook ‘em!). Any shortcomings of this book are my own. I would be remiss if I did not also point out that my introduction to El Salvador, its media, and many of its journalists, is thanks to Rosental Calmon Alves and the Knight Center for Journalism in t
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