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Aarhus Universitet
2016
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| author | Sarah V. Platt |
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| contents | Periodismo ciudadano en su máxima expresión: el caso de la bloguera cubana, Yoani Sánchez y su bitácora, Generación Y Sarah V. Platt Estudios Culturales blogs cyberculture Yoani Sánchez citizen journalism In recent years blogs have positioned themselves as an important tool for public communications, capable of impacting, influencing and transforming popular culture. Some scholars consider Internet’s traditional functioning model where one could clearly differentiate among content providers and users, to have been transformed, and nowadays, this distance has been significantly reduced. One of the factors that has produced this shift has been first of all, the World Wide Web, and secondly, the increasing popularity of the blogosphere. Both platforms represent forums where citizen collaboration and participation is encouraged. In this analysis we will focus on the power of blogs, considered to be the medium with the greatest growth in the history of mass communication. We will use Yoani Sanchez and her blog, Generacion Y as a case study to show how these versatile platforms of personal expression- in this case in opposition to the Castro regime- has turned into an important element of the alternative blogosphere, not only in her native country, but mostly abroad. According to Sanchez, “I form part of a phenomenon in an embryonic stage that is able to transform into an alternative force for the official Cuban media”" 1 . The socio-political context of Cuban in which Generacion Y comes into play is particularly interesting because of the fact it has been able to withstand even while confronting two major obstacles: the incredibly low connectivity rate that Cuban citizens face, as well as censorship and punishment on behalf of the Castro government. Generacion Y , therefore, represents more than a space within the alternative Cuban blogosphere. As winner of numerous prizes and distinctions- among them the prestigious Ortega y Gasset Prize for Digital Journalism in 2008- this blog is an example of freedom of speech and digital citizen journalism in which the author has been able to express her social uncertainties by using this powerful technological tool in order to capture the reality surrounding her, as well as impacting, influencing and marking a milestone for cyberculture and the future of mass media in Cuba and the rest of the world. 2016 artículo científico 1600-0110 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=16249406002 es http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=162 Diálogos Latinoamericanos application/pdf Aarhus Universitet Diálogos Latinoamericanos (Dinamarca) Num.25 |
| format | Artículo científico |
| id | redalyc_16249406002 |
| language | es |
| publishDate | 2016 |
| publisher | Aarhus Universitet |
| spellingShingle | Periodismo ciudadano en su máxima expresión: el caso de la bloguera cubana, Yoani Sánchez y su bitácora, Generación Y Sarah V. Platt Estudios Culturales blogs cyberculture Yoani Sánchez citizen journalism Periodismo ciudadano en su máxima expresión: el caso de la bloguera cubana, Yoani Sánchez y su bitácora, Generación Y Sarah V. Platt Estudios Culturales blogs cyberculture Yoani Sánchez citizen journalism In recent years blogs have positioned themselves as an important tool for public communications, capable of impacting, influencing and transforming popular culture. Some scholars consider Internet’s traditional functioning model where one could clearly differentiate among content providers and users, to have been transformed, and nowadays, this distance has been significantly reduced. One of the factors that has produced this shift has been first of all, the World Wide Web, and secondly, the increasing popularity of the blogosphere. Both platforms represent forums where citizen collaboration and participation is encouraged. In this analysis we will focus on the power of blogs, considered to be the medium with the greatest growth in the history of mass communication. We will use Yoani Sanchez and her blog, Generacion Y as a case study to show how these versatile platforms of personal expression- in this case in opposition to the Castro regime- has turned into an important element of the alternative blogosphere, not only in her native country, but mostly abroad. According to Sanchez, “I form part of a phenomenon in an embryonic stage that is able to transform into an alternative force for the official Cuban media”" 1 . The socio-political context of Cuban in which Generacion Y comes into play is particularly interesting because of the fact it has been able to withstand even while confronting two major obstacles: the incredibly low connectivity rate that Cuban citizens face, as well as censorship and punishment on behalf of the Castro government. Generacion Y , therefore, represents more than a space within the alternative Cuban blogosphere. As winner of numerous prizes and distinctions- among them the prestigious Ortega y Gasset Prize for Digital Journalism in 2008- this blog is an example of freedom of speech and digital citizen journalism in which the author has been able to express her social uncertainties by using this powerful technological tool in order to capture the reality surrounding her, as well as impacting, influencing and marking a milestone for cyberculture and the future of mass media in Cuba and the rest of the world. 2016 artículo científico 1600-0110 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=16249406002 es http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=162 Diálogos Latinoamericanos application/pdf Aarhus Universitet Diálogos Latinoamericanos (Dinamarca) Num.25 |
| title | Periodismo ciudadano en su máxima expresión: el caso de la bloguera cubana, Yoani Sánchez y su bitácora, Generación Y |
| topic | Estudios Culturales blogs cyberculture Yoani Sánchez citizen journalism |
| url | https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=16249406002 |