Code Ethnography (ICA 2022)
The purpose of this article is to discuss an ethnography of code, or code ethnography, a method for examining code as a socio-technical actor, considering its social, political and economic...
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Internet Governance
Internet interconnection infrastructure: lessons from the global South (Internet Policy Review)
This article examines the formation of the first internet exchange point (IXP) in Mexico amid the implementation of telecommunication reforms and asymmetric regulations in a market with low level of...
Read MoreGAFA’s information infrastructure distribution: Interconnection dynamics in the global North versus global South (Policy and Internet)
We analyze public points of interconnection of Google, Amazon, Facebook, and Apple (GAFA) in the global North versus the global South to determine the degree to which their location preferences...
Read MoreMade in Brazil: Conspiracy Theory and the Flow of Information in One-To-One WhatsApp Conversations (Prelúdios)
This article aims to shed light on the multiple and complex ways that information flows in communication processes mediated by digital platforms. Based on actor-network theory, it unveils the dynamics...
Read MoreAesthetics of Otherness: Representation of #migrantcaravan and #caravanamigrante on Instagram (ICA 2021)
This paper examines the representation of the migrant caravan on Instagram through the articulation of an aesthetics of otherness. Aesthetics of otherness is a process resultant of the interaction between...
Read MoreGAFA’s Information Infrastructure Distribution: Implications for the Global South (TPRC 48)
We address the implications of GAFA’s choice of points of interconnection in the global North versus the global South to understand the degree to which the global South is underserved,...
Read MoreO Papel do Jornalismo na Desconstrução de Teorias da Conspiração: O caso da relação entre 5G e Covid-19 (INTERCOM 2020)
Este artigo tem como objetivo analisar a cobertura de veículos de comunicação digital a respeito das teorias da conspiração que relacionam o padrão de telefonia móvel 5G como causa da...
Read More5G e Covid-19: das teorias da conspiração ao domínio da infraestrutura de vigilância (Revista Comciência)
Saltou a grade de proteção e recebeu de fora a sacola. Olhou para cima e viu a luz piscando no topo da estrutura de metal ainda antes de cortar o...
Read MoreInfrastructure as ‘public good’: The Limits of Local Governance in a Global Internet (CARGC Press)
Since its creation in 1998, the first Internet Exchange Point (IXP) in Brazil, located in São Paulo, was under the auspices of FAPESP (São Paulo Research Foundation), a state foundation...
Read MoreDoctoral Dissertation: Global Internet Interconnection Infrastructure: Materiality, Concealment, and Surveillance in Contemporary Communication
This dissertation addresses the inherent social and political impacts engendered by the materiality of the internet and the societal dynamics of infrastructure. With a focus on the information circulation infrastructure...
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