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Abstract

This dissertation looks at what Fidel Castro’s Cuban Communist Party said about information and communication technologies (ICTs) through its official voice, Granma, from 1989 to 1999. It explores the development and implementation of ICTs through the lens of an authoritarian, illiberal, anti-capitalist state; it presents printed evidence of how the Cuban state framed these new technologies and how it presented them to its population; and it also probes into the widely accepted, end-of-century truism that global communication networks are a democratizing agent.

Alternate abstract:

Esta tesis examina lo que el Partido Comunista de Cuba de Fidel Castro publicó sobre las tecnologías de la información y la comunicación (TIC) a través de su voz oficial, Granma, entre 1989 y 1999. Explora el desarrollo y la implementación de las TIC a través de la lente de un Estado autoritario, antiliberal y anticapitalista; presenta pruebas impresas de cómo el Estado cubano enmarcó estas nuevas tecnologías y cómo las presentó a su población; y también indaga en el tópico ampliamente aceptado, de fin de siglo, de que las redes globales de comunicación son un agente democratizador.

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Title
Granma, Tell Me the Story of Cuba’s Connection to the Internet: An Inquiry into the Treatment of Information and Communication Technologies in Granma, the Official Voice of the Cuban Communist Party, Between 1989 and 1999
Author
Sauras Sánchez, Javier
Publication year
2025
Publisher
ProQuest Dissertations & Theses
ISBN
9798302170552
Source type
Dissertation or Thesis
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
3155985318
Copyright
Database copyright ProQuest LLC; ProQuest does not claim copyright in the individual underlying works.