ABSTRACT
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.
The book is divided into three parts:
• ‘Digital data and privacy, prospects and barriers’ centers on the debates among the right of privacy and the loss of intimacy in the Internet,
• ‘Homeland security and human rights’ focuses on how novel technologies such as drones and autonomous weapons systems reconfigure the strategies of police authorities and organized crime,
• ‘Labor Markets, digital media and emerging technologies’ emphasize the legal, economic and social perils and challenges caused by the increased presence of social media, blockchain-based applications, artificial intelligence and automation technologies in the Latin American economy.
This first volume in a two volume set will be important reading for scholars and students of governance in Latin American, the protection of human rights and the use of technology to combat crime and the new advances of digital economy in the region.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|50 pages
Digital data and privacy, prospects, and barriers
chapter 2|15 pages
The reception of sexual messages among young Chileans and Uruguayans
chapter 3|15 pages
Small Data, Big Data, and the ethical challenges for a fragmented developing world
chapter 4|18 pages
Open government, dilemmas, and innovation at the local level
part II|46 pages
Homeland security and human rights, a questioned balance?
chapter 5|15 pages
Ethical controversies about Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems
chapter 6|15 pages
From sensationalist media to the narcocorrido
part III|86 pages
Labor Markets, digital media, and emerging technologies: Potentials and risks