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Digital Dilemmas
Cristina Venegas
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paperback. Views Cuba from the Soviet Union's demise to the present, to assess how conflicts over media access play out in their both liberating and repressive potential. This title questions myths of how Internet use necessarily fosters global democracy and reveals the impact of new technologies on the country's governance and culture. Series Editor(s): Petro, Patrice. Series: New Directions in International Studies. Num Pages: 208 pages, 11 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KJC; JFD; JPV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 408.
The contentious debate in Cuba over Internet use and digital media primarily focuses on three issuesùmaximizing the potential for economic and cultural development, establishing stronger ties to the outside world, and changing the hierarchy of control. A growing number of users decry censorship and insist on personal freedom in accessing the web, while the centrally managed system benefits the government in circumventing U.S. sanctions against the country and in controlling what limited capacity exists.
The contentious debate in Cuba over Internet use and digital media primarily focuses on three issuesùmaximizing the potential for economic and cultural development, establishing stronger ties to the outside world, and changing the hierarchy of control. A growing number of users decry censorship and insist on personal freedom in accessing the web, while the centrally managed system benefits the government in circumventing U.S. sanctions against the country and in controlling what limited capacity exists.
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Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Rutgers University Press United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
Series
New Directions in International Studies
Number of Pages
250
Place of Publication
New Brunswick NJ, United States
ISBN
9780813546872
SKU
V9780813546872
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About Cristina Venegas
Cristina Venegas is an associate professor of film and media studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara.
Reviews for Digital Dilemmas
"Cristina Venegas's well-researched and highly original work brings to the forefront an important and under-researched topic."
Yiedy Rivero
author of Tuning Out Blackness
"This book will make an important contribution both to Cuban studies and to Hispanic media studies."
Marvin D'Lugo
Clark University
"A nuanced analysis based on careful research and firsthand experience. This ... Read more
Yiedy Rivero
author of Tuning Out Blackness
"This book will make an important contribution both to Cuban studies and to Hispanic media studies."
Marvin D'Lugo
Clark University
"A nuanced analysis based on careful research and firsthand experience. This ... Read more