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Luis Enrique Santana

 Santiago, Chile
Assistant Professor, School of Communications and Journalism; Director, Fostering Digital Citizenship Program, Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez

Biography

Luis Enrique Santana, PhD-MPA is an Assistant Professor at the School of Communication & Journalism and director of the Fostering Digital Citizenship program at Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez in Santiago-Chile. In his professional experience, he has worked both in research and practice on issues around digital collective action, activism, and digital citizenship.

Scholarly beginnings

A research idea

Envisioning possible futures in the field of communication and media studies

Learn more about Prof. Santana’s journey

Selected readings

Santana, L.E. & Serra, I (2022).  “El enfoque de derechos humanos y ciudadanía digital en la ciudad: conceptos y propuesta”, Documentos de Proyectos  (LC/TS.2022/113), Santiago, Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL)

Claro, M., Santana, L., Alfaro, A.  y otros (2021). Ciudadanía digital en América Latina: revisión conceptual de iniciativas, serie Políticas Sociales , N° 239 (LC/TS.2021/125), Santiago, Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL), 2021

Feddersen, M., & Santana, L. E. (2021). Unpacking the democratic affordances of CrowdLaw concept and practice: ‘It feels like being part of the game.’ Politics, 42(3), 340–357. https://doi.org/10.1177/0263395720973850

Santana, L.E.  and  Canepa, H. (2019) Are they bots? Social media automation during Chile’s 2017 presidential campaign. Cuad.inf., n.44, pp.61-77. ISSN 0719-3661.  http://dx.doi.org/10.7764/cdi.44.1629.

Santana, L. (2016). Ciudadanía en la esfera pública híbrida. In A. Arriagada, El Mundo en Mi Mano (pp.106-121). Santiago, Chile: Fundación País Digital – Entel. http://www.elmundoenmimano.cl/

Watch Prof. Santana present “Digital Citizenship in Latin America: What do we refer to when talking about digital citizenship?" at the Center for Latinx Digital Media

Listen to Prof. Santana's insights about his professional journeys in El Café Latinx podcast