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Digital Citizen Chapter 2: Misinformation, Populism, and Democracy with Magdalena Browne

September 10, 2024 8:01 pm Published by Comments Off on Digital Citizen Chapter 2: Misinformation, Populism, and Democracy with Magdalena Browne

In the second chapter of Digital Citizen, we speak with Magdalena Browne, Dean of the School of Communications and Journalism, about the impacts of new information dissemination processes on contemporary democracies. Browne guides us through the main challenges facing our societies, addressing crucial concepts such as misinformation and populism, and questioning the role of various actors in the citizen relationship.


Parental Surveillance and Resilience in Chilean Youth, and Digital Citizenship in Latin America: The Themes that Marked the Presentations of the Digital Citizenship Program Team

November 13, 2023 3:18 pm Published by Comments Off on Parental Surveillance and Resilience in Chilean Youth, and Digital Citizenship in Latin America: The Themes that Marked the Presentations of the Digital Citizenship Program Team

Last week, between November 8th and 10th, two valuable academic meetings in the social sciences took place in Santiago. On...


“Column: Exposed through Artificial Intelligence: How Do We Stop It?”

November 9, 2023 12:37 pm Published by Comments Off on “Column: Exposed through Artificial Intelligence: How Do We Stop It?”

Column: Exposed through Artificial Intelligence: How Do We Stop It? By Luis E. Santana and Amaranta Alfaro Muirhead, team members of the Digital Citizenship Training Program. Published in Qué Pasa de La Tercera on Wednesday, November 8, 2023.


(Español) Redes sociales para la organización vecinal y la democracia, Municipalidad de Las Condes

October 24, 2023 12:58 pm Published by Comments Off on (Español) Redes sociales para la organización vecinal y la democracia, Municipalidad de Las Condes

(Español) El director de nuestro programay académico de la Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez, Luis Enrique Santana, enfatizó que las plataformas no tienen como misión primaria nuestro bienestar, ni nuestras familias, ni nuestras comunidades por lo tanto “Es responsabilidad nuestra asegurarnos que las tecnologías sirvan a nuestros propósitos y no nosotros a las tecnologías”.


Instructors from our program will discuss Digital Citizenship and Fact-Checking at the Digital Communities TEC-UAI Panel Discussion

August 23, 2023 3:33 pm Published by Comments Off on Instructors from our program will discuss Digital Citizenship and Fact-Checking at the Digital Communities TEC-UAI Panel Discussion

During this event, students from Mexico and Chile will participate simultaneously, joining the discussion on the vital intersections between technology, information, and responsible citizenship.


Digital Citizenship UAI presents at World Congress of Political Science in Argentina

July 19, 2023 5:49 pm Published by Comments Off on Digital Citizenship UAI presents at World Congress of Political Science in Argentina

The director of our program 'Formando Ciudadanía Digital', an academic from the School of Communications and Journalism at Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez, and an associated researcher of GobLab, Luis Enrique Santana, has recently conducted, in collaboration with various researchers, two investigations that contribute valuable data and reflections to this area: one on digital citizenship and another on CrowdLaw.


Luis E. Santana: ‘AI will only be useful to the extent that it is integrated into the system that benefits society’

July 5, 2023 12:50 pm Published by Comments Off on Luis E. Santana: ‘AI will only be useful to the extent that it is integrated into the system that benefits society’

"Las diferentes formas de inteligencia artificial no reemplazan a los humanos, son un instrumento. Este conjunto de tecnologías son herramientas que solo van a ser útiles en la medida en que se integren al sistema que beneficia a la sociedad”, enfatizó el académico.


(Español) Luis E. Santana dicta charla “Formando en la Era Digital” a equipo docente del Colegio Altamira de Peñalolén

June 1, 2023 1:06 pm Published by Comments Off on (Español) Luis E. Santana dicta charla “Formando en la Era Digital” a equipo docente del Colegio Altamira de Peñalolén

(Español) “Sin duda, la participación de Luis logró abrir una conversación sumamente valiosa que como institución educativa Altamira nos comprometemos a seguir ampliando”, enfatizó Cynthia Fuentes, Directora de Innovación Educativa del Colegio Altamira, Cynthia Fuentes.


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Addressing Disinformation in Parliament: Panel at the 7th Meeting of the Open Parliament Network (ParlAmericas)

April 22, 2023 6:27 pm Published by Comments Off on Addressing Disinformation in Parliament: Panel at the 7th Meeting of the Open Parliament Network (ParlAmericas)

The director of our Digital Citizenship Program, a professor at the School of Communication and Journalism of the Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez, and an associate researcher at GobLab, Luis Enrique Santana, moderated the panel "Addressing Online Disinformation from Parliament" at the 7th Meeting of the Open Parliament Network (ParlAmericas) held on April 20th at the Salón de Honor of the National Congress in Santiago.