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Ignacio Siles Professor (“profe”) / School of Communication (ECCC) Subdirector / Centro de Investigación en Comunicación (CICOM) Universidad de Costa Rica (UCR)

Popular Communication published today our paper on how Latin American communication theory on “the popular” can help rethink key issues for critical algorithm studies. (07/2022)

We have a new paper out today in the Journal of Cultural Economy on how musicians in Latin America experience recent transformations in music industries associated with streaming platforms. (04/2022)

Thrilled to present my research on how Latin American musicians relate to Spotify’s algorithms and playlists at the 2022 British Forum for Ethnomusicology annual conference. (04/2022)

I’ll be presenting my research on algorithmic personalization as a communication relationship between users and platforms at the annual conference of the Society for Cinema and Media Studies. (03/2022)

Our CFP is out: “Beyond the Tropicalization of Concepts: Theorizing Digital Realities with and from the Global South”. (01/2022)

We have a new paper out in Journalism Studies on the effects of individual evaluation of “fake news” and exposure to fact-checking on the motivations to share them. (11/2021)

The International Journal of Communication published our study on the use of WhatsApp in CDMX. (10/2021)

My talk on life with algorithms in Costa Rica is available at the Digital Americas conference website. (10/2021)