Latino New Media

Sometimes a picture (in this case a video) is worth a million words.

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The president of Ecuador Rafael Correa became the first Latin American president to open an official blog to communicate directly with the citizens of that country.
The blog is named “The Citizen President Rafael Correa” and it features a video by Correa where he defines Web 2.0 as a key element in his political strategy.
Correa also […]

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The Burmese protests have been highlighted by blogs and for the first time in the history of popular uprisings in web videos posted in You Tube.
The protests led by Buddhist monks are being disseminated worldwide by Web Video.
Myanmar Protests Part 1

Myanmar Protests Part 2

The strong impact of the use of this new media in disseminating […]

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According to eMarketer estimates, 41.5% of children ages 3 to 11 will use the Internet at least once a month in 2007. In total, 14.9 million children will go online in 2007, rising to an estimated 16.6 million in 2011.

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Calling it a “mistake” and “an incorrect interpretation of a dusty internal policy” Verizon reversed course this morning on Naral’s pro-choice text messaging program.

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In a very troubling development for freedom of speech and the future of “net neutrality”, the New York Times is reporting that Verizon Wireless has rejected a request from Naral Pro-Choice America, the abortion rights group, to make Verizon’s mobile network available for a text-message program.
Verizon claims that they have the right to block “controversial […]

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The Yahoo! Podcasts site which never came out of Beta will close on October 31, 2007. No explanation given in the webpage.

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Amazon announced today the launch of its DRM-free mp3 download store. The price per song varies from 89 to 99 cents with albums as low as $4.99.
So far EMI is the only label that has made songs available for purchasing.
Songs can be purchased directly from the website but there is also an Amazon MP3 Downloader […]

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This past August I was invited again to participate in a panel on New Media and Journalistic Ethics during the Scripps Howard Latin American Media Ethics Seminar organized by the International Center for Journalists.
The ICFJ selects 10 participants from Latin American and Caribbean countries and brings them to Washington, DC, to participate in a […]

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Hilarious!  Australian government launches the Australian Government Consultation Blog Discussion Paper inviting the public to discuss the potential value of having a government “consultation blog”. They can save time and trees having the discussion in the “consultation blog”.

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