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Monday 12th March 2012

• Have Latin American Media Become Social?

  by Valdir Ugalde

  The digital era has taken media in Latin America by surprise. While some media groups jumped in right away, others are still trying to decide how to (or if they should) join the digital and Social Media sphere. At the same time, new social media are approaching the Web audience by delivering relevant, timely and sometimes ad-free content. For example, YouTube recently broadcast the entire Copa America (a very popular regional soccer tournament) using a dedicated channel on its website, thus challenging the TV monopolies in several countries of the region.
  This session will focus on presenting the various approaches to Web 2.0 in media across Latin America. Attendees will gain a better perspective on demographic, political and cultural differences within the region, and the correlation with the main media groups accross the various countries. The session will include success stories to provide a more thorough picture.

  • Digital
  • Latin America
  • Media
  • Social

  At 12:30pm to 1:30pm, Monday 12th March

  In Room 5ABC, Austin Convention Center

  Coverage audio clip slide deck

• Civic Media Projects in Latin America

  by Jorge Luis Sierra, Lu Ortiz, Miguel Paz and Yesica Guerra

  In this panel we will hear from the actors who developed, designed, implemented or applied projects that use social media and digital technologies to attempt social change. It is fundamental to evaluate the projects from the point of view of the strategic choices their creators made in order to generate analytic common basis and accumulate knowledge. It is also important to hear from the actors themselves on what has worked in their particular contexts and what has not. Latin America is still a space where technological innovation is put to the test by implementation, budget restraints, and connectivity limitations. The adaptation of technologies, the language constraints and the cultural challenges will be discussed in respect to the ways in which social change is motivated by technology. This panel will amass experience from Mexico, Panamá, and Chile.

  • Journalism
  • Latin America
  • Media

  At 3:30pm to 4:30pm, Monday 12th March

  In Room 5ABC, Austin Convention Center

  Coverage audio clip slide deck