Brazil and the emergence of a digital Lusosphere / edited by Valnora Leister.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Leister, Valnora, 1947- editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mass media--Social aspects--Brazil.

Mass media.

Mass media--Social aspects.

Digital media.

Digital media--Social aspects.

Brazil.

Digital media--Social aspects--Portuguese-speaking countries.

Digital media--Influence.

Portuguese-speaking countries.

Physical Description:

xiv, 209 pages : illustration, map ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, [2018]

Summary:

Brazil and the Emergence of a Digital Lusosphere maps how Brazil and the network of Portuguese-speaking countries--the "Lusosphere"--Are using digital technologies in new ways to expand opportunities at all levels of society. From a diverse range of perspectives across the Portuguese-speaking world, contributors to this book explore such questions as the capability of information technologies to encourage social inclusion in the face of economic inequality, the kinds of cultural values that may replace those of the scarcity-based industrial era, and the potential emergence of a virtual world order based on soft power, given the failures of hard power alternatives. This book explores how digital linkages between Brazil and physically separated Portuguese-speaking communities are influencing the arts, creative industries, sports, learning, business, and cultural evolution for hundreds of millions of Portuguese-speaking people on five continents. At a time of escalating calls in Europe and North America to close borders and build walls, Brazil and the Emergence of a Digital Lusosphere charts alternatives that offer inspiration and practical paths toward a more inclusive world--back cover.

Contents:

Overview

Origins of the Lusosphere / Valnora Leister

The Portuguese language in a globalized world / José Gabriel Andrade

The interplay of sports and the Portuguese language in the digital world / Patrisia Ciancio

Unilab: connecting the Lusosphere through higher education / Elcimar Simão Martins, Elisangela André da Silva Costa, Jacqueline Cunha da Serra Freire, and Sinara Mota Neves de Almeida

A distance learning partnership in the Lusosphere: Cape Verde's experience / Florenço Mendes Varela

Brazil's digital tools for social inclusion: a resource for the Lusosphere? / Valnora Leister

Brazil and a virtual Lusosphere in global cultural evolution / Mark C. Frazier

Will the Lusosphere lead the way in the 21st century? / Valnora Leister.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Brazil and the emergence of a digital Lusosphere.

ISBN:

9781498555074

1498555071

OCLC:

1032010347