The new democratic environments and the reconfiguration of the intellectual

Abstract

In recent years the scenario for the exercise of political analysis and criticism by those writers and intellectuals who consider such activity as a central element of their professional praxis has been substantially modified by virtue of two factors that until recently did not exist: a) the development and common use of social networks and other digital environments, and b) the triumph of Andrés Manuel López Obrador in the 2018 presidential elections. This meant a substantial change in the way public dialogue develops. Subjects who were accustomed to the existence of certain uses and customs in the publication and circulation of their opinions experienced a practically unprecedented experience: the possibility of having their sayings answered immediately by whoever wanted (and could) do so. This essay reflects on what is its current place with respect to political and media powers.