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Cuba's Digital Revolution: Citizen Innovation and State Policy (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781683403517)
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xA wide-ranging examination of the ways digital technologies are impacting Cuba's Revolutionary project
The triumph of the Cuban Revolution gave the Communist Party a monopoly over both politics and the mass media. However, with the subsequent global proliferation of new information and communication technologies, Cuban citizens have become active participants in the worldwide digital revolution. While the Cuban internet has long been characterized by censorship, high costs, slow speeds, and limited access, this volume argues that since 2013, technological developments have allowed for a fundamental reconfiguration of the cultural, economic, social, and political spheres of the Revolutionary project.The essays in this volume cover various transformations within this new digital revolution, examining both government-enabled paid public web access and creative workarounds that Cubans have designed to independently produce, distribute, and access digital content. Contributors trace how media ventures, entrepreneurship, online marketing, journalism, and cultural e-zines have been developing on the island alongside global technological and geopolitical changes.As Cuba continues to expand internet access and as citizens challenge state policies on the speed, breadth, and freedom of that access, Cuba's Digital Revolution provides a fascinating example of the impact of technology in authoritarian states and transitional democracies. While the streets of Cuba may still belong to Castro's Revolution, this volume argues that it is still unclear to whom Cuban cyberspace belongs. Contributors: Larry Press Edel Lima Sarmiento Olga Khrustaleva Alexei Padilla Herrera Eloy Viera Cave Marie Laure Geoffray Ted A. Henken Sara Garcia Santamaria Anne Natvig Carlos Manuel Rodr刕uez Arechavaleta Mireya M疵quez-Ram叝ez, Ph.D. Abel Somohano Fern疣dez Rebecca Ogden Jennifer Cearns Walfrido Dorta Paloma DuongA volume in the series Reframing Media, Technology, and Culture in Latin/o America, edited by H馗tor Fern疣dez L'Hoeste and Juan Carlos Rodr刕uezPublication of the paperback edition made possible by a Sustaining the Humanities through the American Rescue Plan grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Author: Ted A. Henken
ISBN-10: 1683403517
ISBN-13: 9781683403517
Publisher: University of Florida Press
Language: English
Published: 09/20/2022
Pages: 348
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.18lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.78d
The triumph of the Cuban Revolution gave the Communist Party a monopoly over both politics and the mass media. However, with the subsequent global proliferation of new information and communication technologies, Cuban citizens have become active participants in the worldwide digital revolution. While the Cuban internet has long been characterized by censorship, high costs, slow speeds, and limited access, this volume argues that since 2013, technological developments have allowed for a fundamental reconfiguration of the cultural, economic, social, and political spheres of the Revolutionary project.The essays in this volume cover various transformations within this new digital revolution, examining both government-enabled paid public web access and creative workarounds that Cubans have designed to independently produce, distribute, and access digital content. Contributors trace how media ventures, entrepreneurship, online marketing, journalism, and cultural e-zines have been developing on the island alongside global technological and geopolitical changes.As Cuba continues to expand internet access and as citizens challenge state policies on the speed, breadth, and freedom of that access, Cuba's Digital Revolution provides a fascinating example of the impact of technology in authoritarian states and transitional democracies. While the streets of Cuba may still belong to Castro's Revolution, this volume argues that it is still unclear to whom Cuban cyberspace belongs. Contributors: Larry Press Edel Lima Sarmiento Olga Khrustaleva Alexei Padilla Herrera Eloy Viera Cave Marie Laure Geoffray Ted A. Henken Sara Garcia Santamaria Anne Natvig Carlos Manuel Rodr刕uez Arechavaleta Mireya M疵quez-Ram叝ez, Ph.D. Abel Somohano Fern疣dez Rebecca Ogden Jennifer Cearns Walfrido Dorta Paloma DuongA volume in the series Reframing Media, Technology, and Culture in Latin/o America, edited by H馗tor Fern疣dez L'Hoeste and Juan Carlos Rodr刕uezPublication of the paperback edition made possible by a Sustaining the Humanities through the American Rescue Plan grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Author: Ted A. Henken
ISBN-10: 1683403517
ISBN-13: 9781683403517
Publisher: University of Florida Press
Language: English
Published: 09/20/2022
Pages: 348
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.18lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.78d
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