Paola Sartoretto
Paola Sartoretto

Paola Sartoretto, associated researcher at the Latin American Institute, has recently published the article "Between opportunities and threats - an analysis of Brazilian Landless Workers Movement experiences with new media technologies", in which she analyses the experiences of the Brazilian Landless Workers Movement (MST) with digital media platforms.

The article draws on interviews with MST militants and observations and argues that the establishment of communicative processes and continuous reflection on communication dynamics is more relevant for the movement's mobilisation than the use of digital media platforms. Observatorio's  special issue "Media, Internet, and Social Movements in the context of asymmetries" is edited by Ana Cristina Suzina and Geoffrey Pleyers.

The journal is open access and can be accessed on http://obs.obercom.pt/index.php/obs