The Politics of Technology in Latin America (Volume 1): Data Protection, Homeland Security and the Labor Market

ISBN-13: 9780367359416 / Angielski / Twarda / 2020 / 198 str.

Avery Plaw; Barbara Carvalho Gurgel; David Ram?rez Plascencia

Opis

This book analyses the arrival of emerging and traditional information and technology for public and economic use in Latin America. It focuses on the governmental, economic and security issues and the study of the complex relationship between citizens and government.

Spis treści

Chapter 1. Introduction. Part I. Digital data and privacy, prospects and barriers.  Chapter 2. The reception of sexual messages among young Chileans and Uruguayans: Predictive factors and perception of harm.  Chapter 3. Small Data, Big Data and the Ethical Challenges for a fragmented developing world: Peru’s need for diversity-aware public policies on information technologies and practices.  Chapter 4. Open Government, Dilemmas, and Innovation at the Local Level: Comparing the Cases of Austin, Buenos Aires and Madrid.   Part II. Homeland security and human rights, a questioned balance?  Chapter 5. Ethical controversies about Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems: views of small South American States.  Chapter 6. From Sensationalist Media to the Narcocorrido: Drones, Sovereignty, and Exception along the U.S.-Mexican Border.  Chapter 7. The process of technologization of the drug war in Mexico.  Part. III. Labor Markets, digital media and emerging technologies: potentials and risks.  Chapter 8. Algorithmic Law – A legal framework for Artificial Intelligence in Latin America.  Chapter 9. Automation and Robotization of production in Latin America: problems and challenges for trade unions in the cases of Argentina, Mexico and Chile.  Chapter 10. Using functional and social robots to help during the Covid19 pandemic: Looking into the incipient case of Chile and its future artificial intelligence policy.  Chapter 11. Intellectual property and social media policies for user-generated content: some lessons from Mexico.  Chapter 12. Mining as an Art of Survival in Venezuela: Eluding Scarcity and improving Living Conditions with Bitcoins.  Chapter 13. Conclusions.