Blogs como herramienta para la legitimación de las luchas sociales en Cuba

Abstract

Based on the Political Economy of Communication, the theoretical axis that analyzes the media’s economic and political performance in the process of capital accumulation, as well as the state and social organizations, it is evident the reconfiguration of the public sphere in response to the cyberspaces advances and its potentialities. The blogosphere is among them and presents significant impact in countries worldwide, regardless of their political regime. Therefore, this paper analyzes the Cuban blogs as discussion spaces to citizenship (re)conquest. Due to its international impact, this article considers the Yoani Sánchez page as the main study object, which is entitled Generación Y (GY).The operational objectives are: 1) to identify the webpage key points, such as the systematic update, languages and geographical outreach; 2) to study the available editorial and themes from January 1st to March 31st, 2012, as a citizen practice based on the analysis of the content. The results confirm GY as a genuine space for criticizing the Cuban reality and as an alternative for civil rights claiming, expression freedom and exchange of ideas.