Regionalization of the digital gap. Development of ICT infrastructure in Latin America and Uruguay
Journal Title: PAAKAT: Revista de Tecnología y Sociedad - Year 2019, Vol 9, Issue 17
Abstract
The following research was aimed at exploring the "digital divide" of access to the Information and Knowledge Technologies (ICT) for the development of the Information and Knowledge Society (SIC). Through the use of quantitative analysis techniques, the objective of this effort was to demonstrate digital segregation at three different levels of analysis. The first level sought to explore the situation in Uruguay regarding access to the SIC in the Latin American region. In the second level, it was proposed to see the differences in ICT access and other devices linked to the SIC (traditional media) in Uruguay according to the different departments. Finally, the third level sought to show these same differences in the country's capital according to the different neighborhoods. Among the main results are the existence of multiple spaces, where both countries and regions are "excluded" or "precarized" from ICT access according to territorial contingents. According to the ICT indicators, Uruguay's position in this scenario is one of the best. However, both within the country and in Montevideo, there are large differences in ICT access that reproduce digital segregation.
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Santiago Escuder Rodríguez
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