Sociedad de la información

Este proyecto del Centro de Estudios en Libertad de Expresión y Acceso a la Información, dirigido por Eduardo Bertoni en la Facultad de Derecho de la Universidad de Palermo, busca ser una una guía que ayude a académicos, profesionales y encargados de la formulación de políticas públicas a pensar la cuestión de la libertad en la internet y la amenaza de la censura.

"El debate global sobre la regulación en Internet ha evolucionado desde aquella pregunta inicial acerca de si es necesaria y deseable alguna regulación en la red. Hoy en día, las preguntas – cuyas respuestas dependen del contexto y el lugar en que sean hechas-, tienen que ver con qué actividades requieren regulación, qué tipo de regulación es preferible y efectiva y con qué fines.

"En los últimos años, los países de América Latina han comenzado a legislar para dar algunas respuestas a estas preguntas. Los artículos de esta publicación abordan cuatro temas claves -responsabilidad de intermediarios, manejo de datos privados, filtrado de contenido y situaciones sobre jurisdicción aplicable-, no con la idea de arribar a soluciones últimas, sino con la intención de plantear algunas de las cuestiones legales involucradas en estos temas y pensar el efecto que pueden tener estas políticas sobre la libertad de expresión".

The new generation of internet technologies and web applications is seeing a growth in social software and networking, as well as other communications tools. This infrastructure of social interaction and collaboration has provided an increase in more dynamic user participation and expertise in knowledge of contents and facts traditionally only held by experts.

Social Software and the Evolution of User Expertise: Future Trends in Knowledge Creation and Dissemination examines the vital role that social software applications play in regards to the cultural definitions of experts and challenges the reader to consider how recent changes in this area influence how we create and distribute knowledge. This collection brings together scholars and practitioners from various disciplines and professions to project a new kind of thinking about the understanding of the major changes in many professions.

This book aims to help teach network science to an interdisciplinary audience. Many of the choices I made in presenting the material were guided by the desire to offer an enjoyable, yet systematic introduction to the field. I kept in mind that those entering the field are just as interested in learning about the genesis of the concepts network science introduced, as the tools they can use to study real networks and interpret the obtained results.

Digital Labor asks whether life on the internet is mostly work, or play. We tweet, we tag photos, we link, we review books, we comment on blogs, we remix media, and we upload video to create much of the content that makes up the web. And large corporations profit on our online activity by tracking our interests, affiliations, and habits—and then collecting and selling the data. What is the nature of this interactive ‘labor’ and the new forms of digital sociality that it brings into being?

The international, interdisciplinary contributors to Digital Labor suggest that there is no longer a clear divide between ‘the personal’ and ‘work,’ as every aspect of life drives the digital economy: sexual desire, boredom, friendship—and all become fodder for speculative profit. They argue that we are living in a total labor society and the way in which we are commoditized, racialized, and engendered is profoundly and disturbingly normalized by the dominant discourse of digital culture.

Digital Labor poses a series of questions about our digital present:

How is the global crisis of capitalism linked to the hidden labor of the digital economy?
How do we address that most online interaction, whether work or play, for profit or not, is taking place on corporate platforms?
How can we acknowledge moments of exploitation while not eradicating optimism, inspiration, and the many instances of individual financial and political empowerment?
In response to these questions, this collection offers new definitions of digital labor that address and challenge the complex, hybrid realities of the digital economy.

A provocative look at social media that dispels the hype and tells you all you need to know about using the Web to expand your business

If you listen to the pundits, Internet gurus, marketing consultants, and even the mainstream media, you could think social media was the second coming. When it comes to business, they declare that it’s revolutionizing advertising, PR, customer relations—everything. And they all agree: it is here to stay.

In this lively, insightful guide, journalist and social critic B.J. Mendelson skillfully debunks the myths of social media. He illustrates how the notion of “social media” first came to prominence, why it has become such a powerful presence in the marketing field, and who stands to benefit each time it’s touted in the press. He shows you why all the Facebook friends and Twitter followers in the world mean nothing to you and your business without old-fashioned, real-world connections. He examines popular tales of social media “success,” and reveals some unsettling truths behind the surface. And he tells you how to best harness the potential of the Internet—without spending a fortune in the process.

Social media is bullshit. This book gives the knowledge and tools you really need to connect with customers and grow your brand.

Les xarxes socials com a estructures de relació entre persones han existit sempre, però darrerament interessants descobriments sobre les seves propietats i la seva popularitat als mitjans socials en línia, n'han incrementat l'interès. Aquest volum constitueix una introducció interdisciplinària, senzilla però rigorosa, al fenomen de les xarxes socials. El contingut es divideix en tres parts. En una primera part, es presenten els fonaments generals del que ja sovint s'anomena la "ciència de les xarxes" i que s'ha anat desenvolupant amb les aportacions de diverses disciplines des de mitjans del segle passat fins a l'actualitat. La segona part es dedica a repassar les característiques específiques de les xarxes socials, és a dir, d’aquelles xarxes en les quals els nodes són persones o grups de persones i els lligams relacions socials. Finalment, la tercera part aprofundeix en un dels aspectes més interessants de les xarxes socials: la seva funció clau en els fenòmens de transmissió d'informació i creació i difusió de coneixement.

In today’s digital world, we have multiple modes of meaning-making: sounds, images, hypertexts. Yet, within literacy education, even ‘new’ literacies, we know relatively little about how to work with and produce modally complex texts.

In Working with Multimodality, Jennifer Rowsell focuses on eight modes: words, images, sounds, movement, animation, hypertext, design and modal learning. Throughout the book each mode is illustrated by cases studies based on the author’s interviews with thirty people, who have extensive experience working with a mode in their field. From a song writer to a well known ballet dancer, these people all discuss what it means to do multimodality well.

This accessible textbook brings the multiple modes together into an integrated theory of multimodality. Step-by-step, beginning with theory then exploring modes and how to work with them, before concluding with how to apply this in an investigation, each stage of working with multimodality is covered.

Working with Multimodality will help students and scholars to:

• Think about specific modes and how they function

• Consider the implications for multimodal meaning-making

• Become familiar with conventions and folk knowledge about given modes

• Apply this same knowledge to their own production of media texts in classrooms

Assuming no prior knowledge about multimodality and its properties, Working with Multimodality is designed to appeal to advanced undergraduate and postgraduate students interested in how learning and innovation is different in a digital and media age and is an essential textbook for courses in literacy, new media and multimodality within applied linguistics , education and communication studies.

+Narrativa(s) se adentra en un territorio casi inexplorado, el de la intermedialidad, curiosamente mediante una nueva y extendida mirada filológica y crítica que aspira a dar cuenta de la nueva cultura audiovisual y sus repertorios intermediales de forma conjunta. Preocuparse por la integridad y la legibilidad para el estudio futuro de sus diferentes soportes materiales y tecnológicos supone esclarecer las relaciones, dependencias y trasvases recíprocos de un vasto sistema de adaptaciones (ilustraciones, reescrituras, transficciones) entre la novela, el cine, la televisión, el cómic y videojuego. El análisis se ejemplifica por medio de casos prácticos, cuya metodología y modelo tipológico se deriva y después se ensaya en un ciclo adaptativo de más de cincuenta obras, formado a partir de las series literaria de Bourne y la de cómics de XIII. La novedosa propuesta de A. J. Gil González permitirá comprobar cómo a partir de esas fuentes se ha establecido una fecunda y compleja tradición textual, que incluye películas o series de televisión, videojuegos y, de regreso al origen, nuevas novelas y cómics derivados. El ensayo explorará el alcance de estas intermediaciones, con especial atención al grado de su desarrollo en el ámbito hispánico en sendos capítulos centrados en la paulatina pérdida de centralidad de la literatura como fuente y la inversión del flujo de adaptaciones de otros medios a la literatura en forma de novelizaciones; la plena consolidación del cómic o el surgimiento del videojuego como nuevo medio cultural y narrativo del s. XXI, ambos ya plenamente integrados en este productivo sistema intermedial. La publicación de esta obra, tanto en formato papel como electrónico, se complemente a su vez con una plataforma web, con contenidos actualizados +Narrativa(s)PLUS (http://metamorfosis14.eusal.es). Las claves de acceso se facilitan en el ejemplar impreso o electrónico que se adquiera.

The ways in which the Internet is managed and controlled–often labeled as Internet Governance– are usually considered as standing on four main pillars: Technology, Market Laws, State Regulation and Uses. Nevertheless, its specific features, the consequences of the plurality of norms it involves and of the decision-making processes it entails are rarely addressed in a comprehensive analysis.
This book explores the Internet’s functioning both as a practical-intellectual experience and a political challenge. By means of several case studies, it proposes a substantial and reflexive treatment of multileveled, formal or informal Internet Politics.The book’s overall endeavor is to outline an understanding ofwhat is –or may be– a “digital common good”.
The authors are members of a European academic team gathered by the Vox Internet research program’s meetings. They adopt a multi-disciplinary approach, embedding technological innovation in the fi eld of social sciences (communication studies, sociology, law, political science and philosophy).

This book covers the key concepts central to understanding recent developments in media and communications studies. Its index also provides further points of entry. Wide-ranging in scope and accessible in style it sets out a useful, clear map of the important theories, methods and debates.

The entries critically explore the limits of a key concept as much as the traditions that define it. They include clear definitions, are introduced within the wider context of the field and each one:

• is fully cross-referenced

• is appropriately illustrated by the use of examples, tables and diagrams

• provides a guide to further reading

This book is an essential resource for students in media and communications and for those studying sociology, cultural sociology, cultural studies and sociology of media.