| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 435 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Cover -- Contents -- Foreword46; -- Acknowledgements46; -- Biographical notes on the authors and research coordinators46; -- Introduction -- The Internet and its impact on Latin American and Caribbean society58; Research and dialogue46; -- The Internet44; culture and education -- Navigators and castaways in cyberspace58; Psychosocial experience and cultural practices in school children39;s Internet46; -- Introducing new information and communication technologies in two rural schools of central Chile58; An ethnographic approximation46; -- Learning from the pioneers58; Best practices as exemplified in the TELAR network46; -- The social impact of the Internet at the local level -- The social impact of introducing ICTs in local government and public services58; Case studies in Buenos Aires and Montevideo46; -- The social impact of information and communication technologies at the local level46; -- The Internet and local governance58; Towards the creation of a community habitus46; -- Measuring qualitative and quantitative impacts58; Design and implementation of online registration systems for telecentres using Linux platforms46; -- The Internet44; rights and society -- The impact of new information and communication technologies on privacy rights46; -- Copyright and the Internet46; -- Public policy and the Internet -- Towards a model of franchises for community telecentres in Latin America46; -- The Internet and socially relevant public policies58; Why44; how and what to advocate63; -- The social impacts of ICTs in Latin America and the Caribbean58; The MISTICA virtual community and the OLISTICA observation network46; -- Introductory notes for the analysis of ICT policies in Latin America and the Caribbean46; -- Conclusion -- Creating synergy between research on the social impact of ICTs and political action for equitable development46; -- Last Page |
| Summary |
This book presents pioneering research that is designed to show, from a qualitative and ethnographic perspective, how new information and communication technologies, as applied to the school system and to local governance initiatives, merely reproduce traditional pedagogical approaches and the dominant forms by which power is exercised at the local level. The studies thus constitute points of departure for further thinking about the need to promote an Internet culture based on the social application of a "right to communication and culture" and an "Internet right," that will permit the establi |
| Notes |
Translation of: Internet y sociedad en América Latina y el Caribe |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Information society.
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Internet -- Social aspects.
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Internet -- Social aspects -- Latin America
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Internet -- Social aspects -- Caribbean Area
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Information society
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Internet -- Social aspects
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Latin America
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Caribbean Area
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Cliche, Gilles.
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Bonilla, Marcelo
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International Development Research Centre (Canada)
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| ISBN |
9781552500170 |
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1552500179 |
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9789839054378 |
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9839054376 |
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1280717270 |
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9781280717277 |
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9786610717279 |
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6610717273 |
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