Dr. Martha Fuentes-Bautista

Telecommunication and community media policy; technology and inequality; immigration and new media technologies; global communications and institutions; communication policy in the Americas; social movements and new media technologies.

Education

Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin, 2007
M.A., State University of New York at Buffalo, 2000
B.A., Universidad Central de Venezuela

Background

Martha Fuentes-Bautista is faculty of the Department of Communication and the Center for Public Policy and Administration at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. Her research focuses on the social and policy implications of information and communication technologies with a particular interest in how ICT may exacerbate or alleviate social inequalities. Building on case studies in Latin America and the U.S., her research projects explore the institutional context of ICT adoption and use in inner city and rural communities, and the role of local governments, non-profits, and social movements in promoting and managing community computing solutions for these populations. Read more about Dr. Martha Fuentes-Bautista...

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Journal Articles

Fuentes-Bautista, M, and Inagaki, N. (2006) "Reconfiguring Public Internet Access in Austin, TX: Wi-Fi's Promise and Broadband Divides." Government Information Quarterly 23 (2), 404-434.

Book Chapters

Fuentes-Bautista, M., Straubhaar, J., and Spencer, J. (2004) "NGOs and Government: The Social Shaping of Internet from Below." In Othon Jambeiro and Joseph Straubhaar (eds) Informacão e Comunicacão: O Local e o Global em Austin e Salvador, pp. 43-72. Salvador, Brazil: Universidade Federal da Bahia Press.

Rojas, V., Straubhaar, J., Fuentes-Bautista, M. and Piñon, J. (2004) "Still Divided: Ethnicity, Generation, Cultural Capital and New Technologies." In Othon Jambeiro and Joseph Straubhaar (eds) Informacão e Comunicacão: O Local e o Global em Austin e Salvador, pp. 297-322. Salvador, Brazil: Universidade Federal da Bahia Press.

Fuentes-Bautista, M. (2002). "Universal Service in Times of Reform: Affordability and Accessibility of Telecommunication Services in Latin America." In Lorrie F. Cranor and Shane Greenstein (eds). Communications Policy and Information Technology: Promises, Problems, and Prospects (347-382). Cambridge: MIT Press.

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