Internet and society in Latin America and the Caribbean /

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 domin...

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Corporate Author: International Development Research Centre (Canada)
Other Authors: Bonilla, Marcelo (Editor), Cliche, Gilles (Editor)
Format: Licensed eBooks
Language:English
Spanish
Published: Penang, Malaysia : Ontario, Canada : Southbound ; IDRC, [2004]
Online Access:https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=107029
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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.
Item Description:Originally published by FLACSO, Sede, Ecuador in 2001 as: Internet y sociedad en América Latina y el Caribe.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xi, 435 pages) : illustrations
Format:Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:9781552500170
1552500179
9789839054378
9839054376