Cybertarianism further exposed: Chile, Colombia, Mexico and the COVID-19 conjuncture. (1st March 2021)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Ramos, André Dorcé; Uribe-Jongbloed, Enrique; Utman, Jorge Antonio Saavedra; Miller, Toby
• Is Part Of: Journal of digital media & policy. Volume 12:Number 1(2021)
• Page Start: 97
• Page End: 116
• Publication Date: 2021-03-01
• Subjects: Digital media -- Periodicals; Digital media -- Social aspects -- Periodicals; Digital media -- Government policy -- Periodicals; 302.23105
• DOI: 10.1386/jdmp_00050_1
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2516-3523

Abstract

Chile, Colombia and Mexico have long been at the heart of neo-liberal experimentation and cybertarian fantasy. The former has denuded their ability to meet the needs of the citizenry in general, the latter to provide a democratic media. The contemporary pandemic has put these deregulated, privatized economies under particular strain ‐ market solutions to social problems have proven dramatically, drastically, predictably inefficient. In the sphere of education, the isolation of school pupils and workers, mandated in the interest of public health, has driven a return to public broadcasting. Combined with mass public agitation and media-reform movements, that provides hope for a new landscape.