FAST FORWARD COMMUNICATION AGENCY · RESEARCH
Studying strategic communication through the full map.
Study materials for understanding how authority, political economy and algorithms shape strategic communication in Latin America.
MAPEA explained.
AvailableA brief introduction (in English with English subtitles) to understand the logic of the matrix before moving into the full white paper.
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MAPEA: Authority, Political Economy and Algorithms
A brief introduction (in English with English subtitles) to understand the logic of the matrix before moving into the full white paper.
A clearer way into MAPEA.
MAPEA is not a closed formula. It is a lens for understanding why messages do not travel equally across contexts: they depend on trust, material conditions and the systems that now organize visibility.
Study materials
Guide · Video · InfographicThe ABCs of Communication in Latin America
An introductory guide that explains the MAPEA matrix step by step, designed for students.
See downloadable guides → Video · English · 6:05MAPEA explainer video
A short introduction to the logic of the matrix before entering the full white paper.
Watch video → Infographic · SpanishMAPEA infographic
The MAPEA infographic is available now. Request the PDF by email.
Available nowDownloadable guides for studying MAPEA.
Asset Gate · email-onlyThe ABCs of Communication in Latin America, in English. The interactive reading is public. Request the PDF by email.
The ABCs of Communication in Latin America
Understanding the MAPEA matrix: an accessible introduction for students of communication and related fields.
Student Resources · Explainers
MAPEA infographic.
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MAPEA infographic · English
MAPEA in one visual.
The MAPEA infographic is available now. Request the PDF by email.
MAPEA · Infographic (PDF)
Fast Forward Signals · EP01
A Conversation on the MAPEA Matrix: Communication, Authority, Political Economy, and Algorithms
Visit our podcast section to listen to a 45-minute conversation on how authority, political economy and algorithms are transforming strategic communication and public trust. The podcast, in English, includes a guide narrated by the author in Spanish, as well as the full transcript of the narration in both languages.
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MAPEA: The Game · Case 01 · Institutional authority and trust
A narrative simulation about making decisions when a political crisis moves faster than the institution responding to it.
A minister posts a morally unacceptable message and deletes it ten minutes later. Public outrage escalates. Follow the government communications chief and decide how to contain the crisis without losing authority, contextual awareness or algorithmic governance.
The first scenario will be available soon.
A Fast Forward Communication Agency experience developed by agentika.technology.
Case description
A mobile phone receives a rapid sequence of messages during the night. The camera rises to reveal an exhausted and worried government communications chief. As he looks toward the camera, figures and graphics appear to represent the crisis spreading online...
A teaser for MAPEA’s first narrative simulation, an experience by Fast Forward Communication Agency developed by agentika.technology.
For classes, seminars and discussion.
Academic noteThese materials can support discussions on institutional trust, communicational inequality, synthetic reputation and algorithmic governance in Latin America.
If you use these materials in a class or seminar, proper attribution is appreciated.
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Back to the white paper.
The student resources are an entry point. The full MAPEA white paper remains the central piece.