Media and Digital Imperialism

Historical Materialism in the Analysis of International Asymmetries in Technology and Communications

Authors

  • Jonas Valente Universidade Federal do Ceará (UFC)
  • Fabrício Zanghelini Universidade Federal de Sergipe (UFS) https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6952-867X
  • Farooq Sulehria Universidade de Södertörn

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.54786/revistaeptic.v28i2.26099

Abstract

This article, which introduces the thematic dossier “Imperialism, Information, Communication, and Culture in the Age of Digitalization,” argues that digitalization reconfigures, rather than replaces, the foundations of imperialism. To develop this argument, it briefly revisits the historical emergence of imperialism, examines the role of digital platforms in reshaping media imperialism, and synthesizes different theoretical approaches to the relationship between imperialism and digital technologies, including debates on data colonialism and digital colonialism.

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Author Biographies

Jonas Valente, Universidade Federal do Ceará (UFC)

Professor da Universidade Federal do Ceará (UFC) e do Centro Universitário IESB. Foi pesquisador de pós-doutorado no Oxford Internet Institute, responsável por co-liderar o Projeto Cloudwork na Fairwork Foundation. Concluiu o doutorado em Sociologia pela Universidade de Brasília (UnB) (2019). Defendeu sua tese sobre plataformas digitais, recebendo menção honrosa no Prêmio de Tese da UnB. É autor do livro “Das plataformas online aos monopólios digitais” (Dialética, 2021). É co-editor-chefe da Revista Eptic.

Fabrício Zanghelini, Universidade Federal de Sergipe (UFS)

PhD in Economics from Fluminense Federal University (UFF). Collaborating professor and postdoctoral researcher in the Professional Graduate Program in Economics at the Federal University of Sergipe (PROPEC/UFS), as part of the “Economic Governance of Digital Networks” project, with support from grant #2026/04912-4, São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP).

Farooq Sulehria, Universidade de Södertörn

Research affiliate at Södertörn University in Stockholm. He also teaches at Beaconhouse National University in Lahore. He is the author of Media Imperialism in India and Pakistan (Routledge). He has edited and co-edited the following books: 75 Years After Partition: India, Pakistan and Bangladesh (Routledge); Media Subimperialisms and the Rise of the Global South (Palgrave Macmillan); and Pakistan’s Foreign Policy and Strategic Relations in the Twenty-First Century (Palgrave Macmillan).

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Published

2026-10-19

How to Cite

Valente, J., Zanghelini, F., & Sulehria, F. (2026). Media and Digital Imperialism: Historical Materialism in the Analysis of International Asymmetries in Technology and Communications. EPTIC - International Electronic Journal of the Political Economy of Information, Communication, and Culture, 28(2), 68–90. https://doi.org/10.54786/revistaeptic.v28i2.26099

Issue

Vol. 28 No. 2 (2026): Imperialismo, informação, comunicação e cultura na era da digitalização

Section

DOSSIÊ TEMÁTICO

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