Read this post in English ¿Cómo influyen las campañas políticas en la participación electoral? Durante períodos electorales, el ciudadano promedio es incitado a votar y a tomar una decisión política. Los medios de comunicación y el gobierno nos animan a votar. Dicen: “Sin voto no hay voz”. A mi parecer, los medios de comunicación y …
Tag: Information
Feb 14
Voting and political campaigns
How do political campaigns influence voting turnout? During electoral periods, the average citizen is encouraged to vote and make a political decision. Media and government encourage us all to vote. I claim that media and politicians should not be the ones responsible for encouraging voting because their encouragement is inherently biased. When politicians encourage voting, …
Oct 25
Información y consumo
Pocas veces tienes una idea clara de dónde viene el producto que nos obtenemos en el supermercado del vecindario. No sabemos lo que implica la cadena de producción o cómo el producto llegó hasta tus manos. La mayoría de nosotros somos consumidores extremadamente ignorantes, ciegos a lo que pasa en la cadena de producción. Como …
Oct 04
Free, online education
Nowadays, Internet is our main source of information. We use the Internet to read the news, to communicate, but most of all, to learn. It is a powerful learning resource that is taking over the use we give to libraries and other onsite research sites. This week I was introduced to an interesting website that …
Sep 26
Information and Consumption
Empowering the consumer through the power of stories. When we go to the supermarket, very often you only have a vague idea of where the product comes from, what the chain of production involved or how the product got to the stands. Most of us happen to be incredibly ignorant consumers, blind to what goes …