From Optimism to Pessimism? Social Media and Citizenship in Chile

press release: Please join UW Latin American, Caribbean and Iberian Studies Program for the LACIS Lunchtime Lecture, Tuesdays 12:30pm-1:30PM - 206 Ingraham Hall.

In the past decade, conventional wisdom on social media changed dramatically, from being celebrated as prodemocratric platforms to being held responsible for the rise of polarization, fake news, and populism. In this talk, Sebastián Valenzuela will argue that both utopian and dystopian perspectives provide incomplete representations of the uses and effects of social media on citizenship.