Estados Unidos

This article applies the information ecology framework to explore Aula C, the headquarters of an Italian student collective that is part of the Anomalous Wave movement. It draws on multimodal ethnography that includes participant observation and 17 semiestructured interviews. Findings highlight the interrelationship among actors, practices, and technologies that constitute a system characterized by diversity, in which members of radical tech groups act as keystone species. By pointing out the coexistence and coevolution of activists and their tools, this article tries to overcome theorizations that do not considered the whole media environment whit which activists interact. The newest application, it is shown, may in fact not be the most used technology for activism.

Querétaro

En torno a la cuestión del papel de las tecnologías respecto a los movimientos sociales, el autor propone como punto de partida, la comprensión de las tecnologías como ambientes complejos que permiten la exploración de interacciones entre actores, prácticas y artefactos integrados en un entorno social.

Reino Unido

In this article, we analyze through a political economy of communication lens the historical and political contexts in which the #YoSoy132 movement emerged, the concentration of Mexican media system and the possibilities offered by social media to young people, situating the issue of media democratization at the centre of the #YoSoy132 struggle. Drawing on two groups and four individual interviews, we also focus on the dimension of student´s communication practices in order to provide a more nuanced evaluation of the role played by digital media inside the movement.