Public policies for digital inclusion: The case of Latin America and Cuba

Authors

  • Edgar Bisset Alvarez Universidade Estadual Paulista - UNESP
  • Angela Maria Grossi de Carvalho Universidade Estadual Paulista - UNESP
  • Silvana Aparecida Borsetti Gregorio Vidotti Universidade Estadual Paulista - UNESP

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5195/biblios.2015.203

Keywords:

Digital Inclusion, Public Policies, Latin America, Cuba

Abstract

Objective. This work deals about the development of public policies related to digital inclusion in Latin America, especially Cuba. Method. A behavioral analysis of this phenomenon in the area and the actions taken by different governments allowed to show how the development of policies and digital inclusion projects in Latin America and Cuba have behaved. In order to deepen this analysis, a bibliographical review that put us on a theoretical and conceptual context of this phenomenon was performed. International databases that facilitated access to information that let us reach several conclusions were consulted. Conclusions. Concluding that, despite the efforts made to decrease the digital breach, it increases as new technologies are developed affecting the population with fewer resources, is also reflected a trend in the growth of the use of TIC' s in Cuba and Latin America.

Author Biographies

Edgar Bisset Alvarez, Universidade Estadual Paulista - UNESP

Doutorando no Programa de Pós-graduação em Ciência da Informação na Universidade Estadual Paulista-Faculdade de Filosofia e Ciência. Possui graduação em Informação Cientifico-Técnica y Bibliotecologia - Universidade da Havana (2007) e mestrado em Bibliotecologia e Ciências de la Informação - Universidade da Havana (2012). Pertence à Associação Cubana de Biblioteconomia (ASCUBI), ao grupo de Trabalho GT-8 "Informação e Tecnologia" da Associação Nacional de Pesquisa e Pós-Graduação em Ciência da Informação (ANCB).

Angela Maria Grossi de Carvalho, Universidade Estadual Paulista - UNESP

Professor Assistente Doutor da Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho (UNESP). Possui graduação em Comunicação Social - habilitação em Jornalismo pela Universidade de Sorocaba (1999), mestrado em Educação pela Universidade Metodista de Piracicaba (2005), doutorado em Ciência da Informação pela Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho (2010) e pós-doutorado em Comunicação pela Universidade de Sevilha-Espanha (2011). Atualmente é docente do curso de Jornalismo e do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciência da Informação (Unidade de Marília) da Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho (UNESP), pesquisadora do Laboratório de Estudos de Comunicação, Tecnologia e Educação Cidadã (LECOTEC-UNESP), coordenadora do projeto de extensão Portal Toque da Ciência. Membro do Conselho do Curso de Jornalismo.

Silvana Aparecida Borsetti Gregorio Vidotti, Universidade Estadual Paulista - UNESP

Professora Assistente-Doutora em Regime de Dedicação Integral à Docência e à Pesquisa da Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho. Licenciada em Matemática pelo Instituto de Biociências, Letras e Ciências Exatas da UNESP (1986). Especialista em Ciência da Computação pelo Instituto de Ciências Matemáticas de São Carlos da USP (1987). Mestre em Ciências área de concentração - Ciências da Computação e Matemática Computacional - pelo Instituto de Ciências Matemáticas de São Carlos da USP (1993). Doutora em Educação - área de concentração Educação Brasileira - pela Faculdade de Filosofia e Ciências da UNESP (2001). Docente dos cursos de graduação em Arquivologia e Biblioteconomia e dos cursos de mestrado acadêmico e doutorado em Ciência da Informação da Unesp.

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Published

2015-05-15

How to Cite

Bisset Alvarez, E., Grossi de Carvalho, A. M., & Gregorio Vidotti, S. A. B. (2015). Public policies for digital inclusion: The case of Latin America and Cuba. Biblios Journal of Librarianship and Information Science, (58), 42–53. https://doi.org/10.5195/biblios.2015.203

Issue

No. 58 (2015)

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Review

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