Info-communicative Environment for Infant-youth Populations: Digital Activ-ism of Cuban Youth During the Pandemic in Havana 2020-2021

Abstract

The COVID-19 pandemic has critically affected daily life, inside and outside Cuba. For the island, this has been accompanied by an aggravation of general socio-economic conditions by the upsizing of the embargo imposed by the U.S., the detriment of the tourism sector and exports, the lack of foreign exchange, exacerbation of the shortage that irretrievably leads to the rising prices of the basic-necessities items that remain available. However, life in The Greatest of the Antilles has been dramatically modified by new technologies. Just as the virtual world is associated with good practices such as activism, it is also concerned with others that violate the well-being of users: cyberbullying, internet addiction, etc. The objective pursued through the socialization of these new practices for Cuban society is to make visible the adaptability of youth cultures and identify the potentials and threats of the info-communicative environment in this context.

The objective pursued through the socialization of these new practices for Cuban society is to make visible the adaptability of youth cultures and to identify the potentials and threats of the info-communicative environment in this context.