Information society ano pending democratizations in Latin America

Authors

  • Erick Torrico Villanueva Universidad Andina Simón Bolívar

Keywords:

lnformational Sociery, Access, connectivity and uses, Democratization.

Abstract

Despite the increase rcgistered in sorne indicators of rechnology incorporarion, such as mobile phones, Latín America is still lingering behind in the way to the Informarion sociery. The digital divide comprises severallevels ofinequaliry of the region compared ro other societies of the world and at the same time with those inside rhe subcontinent and within its different countries. Promises of democratization and of developrnenr are still somerhing ro be reached. This conrributes also to quesrion rhe norion of development itself.

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Author Biography

Erick Torrico Villanueva, Universidad Andina Simón Bolívar

Licenciado en Ciencias de la Comunicación; maestro en Ciencias Sociales; Master en Sociedad de la Información y el Conocimiento; candidato al doctorado en Ciencias de la Información. Director del área de posgrado en Comunicación y Periodismo de la Universidad Andina Simón Bolívar, en La Paz. Ex Presidente de la Asociación Latinoamericana de Investigadores de la Comunicación.

Published

2009-12-24

How to Cite

Torrico Villanueva, E. (2009). Information society ano pending democratizations in Latin America. Comunifé, 9(IX), 54–65. Retrieved from https://revistas.unife.edu.pe/index.php/comunife/article/view/2013