USA

Este artículo describe los modelos socio-organizacionales que han desarrollado los periódicos mexicanos en respuesta a la competencia de los medios electrónicos y analiza los efectos que tienen sobre el periodismo democrático, reconocible por el pluralismo y la capacidad de rendición de cuentas.

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.

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.