Estados Unidos

This article examines the use of information and communication technologies and social networking sites by the movement Músicos YoSoy132 in the lead-up to Mexico´s July 2012 presidential election. Much was at stake in this election, as the party that had ruled the country for seven decades through a semi-authoritarian regime was poised to regain power. Question of free and fair elections, media bias, and voter participation were raised as disaffected youth and supposedly apolitical music scene joined forces to impact the election. This article examines these events in a post- Arab spring context that probes some of the assertions and conclusion made by communication scholar about recent happenings in the Middle East and North Africa.