Año: 2001

Autoría: Kemly Camacho,  Fundación Acceso

Idioma: Inglés

Número de páginas: 27

Summary: This document lays out several fundamental elements necessary to initiate a discussion about the role of the Internet as a tool for the creation of an equitable, participatory, and sustainable society. It proposes a social vision of the Internet beginning with the concepts of access, use, and appropriation. The argument presented here holds that the digital divide is the result of social divisions and that connection to the Internet by itself will not make a difference. At the same time, this paper supports the idea that the fundamental role of the Internet should be to contribute to the generation of new knowledge that can be applied to real world situations in order to bring about social transformation and to facilitate action by different social agents that will create the capacities to effectively utilize information technology for this purpose.

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