
Ignacio Siles
@isiles
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Media, tech, society. "Profe" of communication studies @eccc_ucr @UniversidadCR || "Living with algorithms" out with @mitpress: https://t.co/ZrTMKiJFOW
Joined July 2010
Is TikTok the new TV? In this new paper, @luvalealfa and I explore how people watch television on TikTok through algorithmic flows, “uncommitted attention,” and cross-platform practices. Out today in @tvnewmedia!
journals.sagepub.com
This paper investigates how users engage with content on TikTok that was originally produced for television. Based on interviews with participants in Costa Rica...
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Our new paper in @CogitatioMaC explores why people rewatch content and how streaming platforms provide ontological comfort. Read it for free here: @rmnzgnzlz @luvalealfa @vanessa_valiati.
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Ignacio Siles, Rodrigo Muñoz-González, Luciana Valerio-Alfaro, Vanessa Valiati
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RT @VivaVivette: The authors explore how algorithms shape experiences of truth in Costa Rica, analyzing "factishes"—data, affect, and mysti….
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RT @facundosuenzo: El team latinoamericano presente en #AOIR2024. @isiles @artarriagada presentando sus investigaciones sobre comunicación….
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Our latest paper, co-authored with @fer_salas1 & @silviowaisbord, examines how migrants navigate information precarity and disinformation on their journey to the US-Mexico border. We explore how sociocultural beliefs shape their experiences and decisions.
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This article develops a phenomenological approach to examine the intersection of global migration and rising concerns about disinformation. Drawing on interview...
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RT @rmnzgnzlz: My new book is out today! . "Young People, Media and Nostalgia" explores how Latin American young people develop a nostalgia….
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This paper is a part of the "Future of Facts in Latin America" initiative led by @aballes2, @edenmedina, and @krether. Honored to be part of this amazing group of scholars! 🌟.
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How do algorithms shape the experience of facts? In this article, just published in @TapuyaLASTS, we explore the role of algorithms in mediating three kinds of “factishes”: data truths, affective facts, and mystic revelations. w/ @Imagenaciones+@rmnzgnzlz.
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How do algorithms shape the experience of facts? Drawing on ethnographic fieldwork in Limón, Costa Rica, this paper explores the role of algorithms in mediating three kinds of “factishes”: data tru...
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RT @rmnzgnzlz: "Wronged" is the timely, brilliant, and insightful new book by @chouliaraki_l . Please read the commentary @isiles and I wro….
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Rodrigo Muñoz-González and Ignacio Siles of the University of Costa Rica reflect on some of the key themes of LSE's Lilie Chouliaraki's latest book. Who are the victims of society? This question has...
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RT @amyross87: 🚨 New publication out in @journstudies from the @risj_oxford Trust in News Project: "Ritual Reinforcement: Habit, Emotion, a….
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Gracias a @amidi_com por la invitación a conversar y por un diálogo tan enriquecedor para mí. 🙏🏾.
¿Existe una domesticación mutua al relacionarnos, como personas usuarias, con los #algoritmos? ¿Cómo estudiarla?. En el nuevo episodio de #AMIMeImporta charlamos sobre esto con Ignacio Siles, autor de «Vivir con algoritmos: plataformas digitales y cultura en Costa Rica». 👇
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Excited to contribute to this special issue alongside a fantastic group of researchers, exploring issues of agency in datafied societies!.
Our special issue "Agency in Datafied Societies" has now been published in @Convergence_NMT—most of the articles #OpenAccess. It is about #agency with regard to #algorithms, #ComAI, personal assistants, service technologies, #social #media and more:
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Muy honrado por la invitación de @Contratexto_UL y @juliussinmundo para escribir un #TráilerConceptual sobre el concepto de "domesticación mutua" entre algoritmos y personas. Pueden leerlo #OpenAccess en el n. 41 de la revista:.
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Excited to share our new paper in @IJCS_journal, co-authored with the amazing @vanessa_valiati, @luvalealfa, and Amanda Ferreira, on the tensions that characterize research on algorithms and platforms in Latin America! ✨✨
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This short article critically examines the growing body of research on algorithms and platforms in Latin America. Drawing on an analysis of articles published i...
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