Digital Latinos Defined: The Hispanic Persona Project

Digital Latinos Defined: The Hispanic Persona Project

Mary Mata April 8, 2012

Latinos currently fall into different levels of technology adaption, but increasingly Latinos will be adopting technology and leading the way as consumers in this space, according to a presentation from […]

How To Get More Latinos At South By Southwest

Mary Mata March 22, 2012

The South By Southwest festival in Austin Texas just wrapped up, and as one of the Latino-centric news outlets that covered the conference and its three different components — interactive […]

Online Buying For Latinos: A $25 Billion Market

Mary Mata March 12, 2012

Descuento Libre is a discount website that has been working to break into the Latino market since its launch in 2011. At a panel Monday at South By Southwest in […]

Brazil’s “Iron Lady” Humanized Through Digital Campaign

Mary Mata

By Jessika Gomez-Duarte In the the SXSWi panel “How Digital Softened Brazil’s Iron Lady” Andrew Paryzer, Director of Accounts at Blue State Digital, shared the story of Dilma Rousseff’s 2010 presidential campaign – which not […]

Immigration, LGBT Advocates Telling Their Stories Digitally

Mary Mata March 11, 2012

Immigration and LGBT advocates spoke about the ways in which they utilized digital media to organize around their issues and campaigns at the Still Invisible? Waging Stories with Social Media […]

Startups Exploding In Latin America Due To The Middle Class

Mary Mata

By Armando Rayo Today at the SXSWi Panel: Accelerating Killer LatAm Startups, Panelists Pedro Torres Picón, David Weekly, Carolina Rossi and Yang shared some interesting insights on the entrepreneurial trends […]

Being An Agent Of Change In Colombia

Mary Mata March 10, 2012

By Armando Rayo This SXSW coverage is sponsored by Univision News.  Panelists: Andrés Traslaviña & Daniel Medina Great panel discussion regarding how social media has allowed citizens to engage in the […]

Latinos Spend More Time On Social Media Than Other Groups

Mary Mata March 9, 2012

By Juan Elizondo Given the habits in my own home, I wasn’t surprised to read more evidence that Hispanics spend more time in social media channels than other ethnic groups in the United States. […]

Innovative Latinos Showcased At SXSW: The Social Revolución

Mary Mata February 1, 2012

This year at South By Southwest (SXSW) Latinos in the digital media space will have their very own lounge, party, and award ceremony highlighting their innovative work in social media […]

My iPhone Is My Child And My Email Is My Identity

Mary Mata January 6, 2012

By Amalia Deloney, Grassroots Policy Director at the Center for Media Justice Holidays are always fun, if for no other reason than you get to see your family and old […]