# David Nemer

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How Bolsonaro orchestrated the riots in Brazil | The Listening Post

The recent invasion of Brazil’s democratic institutions, days after President Lula da Silva was sworn in, looks like a carbon copy of the January 6, 2021 assault on the Capitol in the United States.Like MAGA Americans, many of Jair Bolsonaro’s supporters have been radicalised online and, as the Tru…

34 - David Nemer and doing ethnography for social justice

Host Pablo Boczkowski interviews Prof. David Nemer (University of Virginia). Among different topics, they talk about doing ethnography for social justice. This is episode thirty-four of El Café Latinx, podcast produced by the Center for Latinx Digital Media at Northwestern University.

How Misinformation is Poisoning Brazilian Democracy

In this episode, guest host Talita Fernandes speaks with David Nemer, an assistant professor at the University of Virginia’s department of media studies, and Natasha Felizi, director of Brazil’s Instituto Serrapilheira, about how the spread of fake news is poisoning Brazilian democracy.

David Nemer, "Technology of the Oppressed: Inequity and the Digital Mundane in Favelas of Brazil" (MIT Press, 2022)

In Technology of the Oppressed: Inequity and the Digital Mundane in Favelas of Brazil (MIT Press, 2022), David Nemer draws on extensive ethnographic fieldwork to provide a rich account of how favela residents engage with technology in community technology centers and in their everyday lives. Their …

A Brazil-Eye View of a Supreme Court Justice's Shutdown of Musk's X

Update, 6:30 pm Brazil time, Aug. 31 - X flickered to life just a few minutes after I posted this, at least from my Rio hotel - just long enough for me to tweet afresh. But now it’s spinning and frozen again. So back to Threads and Bluesky for the moment. On the final morning of a hectic three-city…

Good Disruption: Episode 20 - Electronic Voting

From “hanging chads” to claims of “rigged” Dominion voting machines, the technological improvements to voting technology aimed at improving efficiency and securing trust in the electoral process have been marred in controversy.  Yet, more countries around the world are shifting to electronic votin…

Misinformation and Image Manipulation in a Polarized America

In recent elections, the rise of misleading content—ranging from manipulated images to false narratives—has sparked growing concerns about misinformation and disinformation. How does this wave of deceptive content deepen political divides, shape voter perceptions, and erode trust? And what does it …

The media battle behind Brazil’s election | The Listening Post

As Brazilians head into national elections, there’s a familiar name on the ballot: Bolsonaro. Not former President Jair Bolsonaro. It’s his son Flavio, who is presenting himself to the electorate as a more moderate version of his father. Election coverage has been dominated by a major corruption sc…

The media battle behind Brazil’s election | The Listening Post

As Brazilians head into national elections, there’s a familiar name on the ballot: Bolsonaro. Not former President Jair Bolsonaro. It’s his son Flavio, who is presenting himself to the electorate as a more moderate version of his father. Election coverage has been dominated by a major corruption sc…

The media battle behind Brazil's election | The Listening Post

As Brazilians head into national elections, there’s a familiar name on the ballot: Bolsonaro. Not former President Jair Bolsonaro. It’s his son Flavio, who is presenting himself to the electorate as a more moderate version of his father. Election coverage has been dominated by a major corruption sc…