08 / 07 / 2020

Maldita Tecnología obtains a FECYT grant for research in the digital field

Maldita Tecnología , the technology dissemination section of Maldita.es , has received aid for the promotion of scientific, technological and innovation culture from the Spanish Foundation for Science and Technology (FECYT) to enhance its educational and of dissemination about the digital world and carry out research in this area.

The proposal «Maldita Tecnología”: understanding the digital world without fear of misinformation» has been one of those selected among with 186 science dissemination and communication projects that 100 organizations of all types – from universities to companies and from foundations to public centers research – will be launched between 2020 and 2021 to bring dissemination closer to citizens.

What objectives will we have during that period? On the one hand, continue with the format that we have been showing you until now: information about the way in which we relate to technology , explained in a simple way, to do so with knowledge of the facts. Also, answering your questions about everything that has to do with digital in our weekly consultation, which is published every Tuesday.

In addition, thanks to the help of the FECYT, Maldita Tecnología will be in charge of conducting academic research related to digital life and will develop a series of educational workshops . We will also incorporate interviews with experts with whom we will test how much we pay attention to our privacy and how much we take care of the relationship we have with our devices.

Within Maldita.es, the work of Maldita Tecnología is to bring the functioning of the digital world closer to citizens and help them understand the relationship they have with it . We have some principles that you can read here . For everything else, you can read us at Maldita.es/malditatecnologia .

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