La organización política ciudadana asistida por TIC, una aproximación sobre la influencia del “efecto red”, la brecha digital y la brecha participativa en el contexto chileno
La organización política ciudadana asistida por TIC, una aproximación sobre la influencia del “efecto red”, la brecha digital y la brecha participativa en el contexto chileno
Authors
Mellado Gatica, Alejandro
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Date
2019-04-02
Datos de publicación:
Cultura, Hombre, Sociedad (CUHSO), Vol. 28, N°2, 67-91, 2018
Keywords
TIC - Efecto red - Brecha participativa - Brecha digital - Política
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Abstract
El objetivo de este trabajo está centrado en determinar cómo el efecto red, la brecha digital y la brecha participativa afectan el uso de las herramientas TIC en la actividad política ciudadana. Para esta labor, como primer apartado, se presenta una fundamentación teórica que sirve como marco de referencia para dar sustento al uso de las aplicaciones de software en la actividad política. Un segundo apartado definirá los conceptos de “brecha digital”, “brecha participativa” y “efecto red”, factores necesarios para determinar la disposición de los usuarios a utilizar una tecnología de software y/o la disponibilidad de
la tecnología al alcance de usuarios políticos. La tercera parte evidenciará de manera cronológica el uso de distintas herramientas TIC en la acción política chilena, describiendo además, una agrupación política de base tecnológica. Un
cuarto apartado realiza un análisis que determina cómo el efecto red y la brecha participativa inciden en el uso de las aplicaciones. Concluyendo que existe una brecha digital significativa en el uso e implementación de aplicaciones auto-gestionadas específicas, que tiende a contener las opciones alternativas, que concentra además. los usuarios en sólo unas pocas empresas transnacionales de Internet. No obstante, es posible observar pequeñas organizaciones políticas que están dispuestas al uso de las aplicaciones de software alternativo
auto-gestionadas, presentándose en prospectiva una brecha participativa que puede dar ventajas comparativas a un grupo de activistas o partido político por sobre otros
The goal of this paper is to determine how the network effect and the participatory gap affect the use of ICT tools in citizen political activity. For this work, as a first section, we present a theoretical foundation that serves as a frame of reference to support the use of software applications in political activity. A second section will define the concepts of "digital divide", "participatory gap" and "network effect", factors which are necessary to establish the willingness of users to utilize a software technology and / or the availability of technology accessible to political users. The third part will chronologically show the use of different ICT tools in Chilean political action and also describe a techno-political grouping. A fourth section performs an analysis that determines how the network effect and the participatory gap affect the use of applications. We conclude that there is a significant digital gap in the use and implementation of specific self-managed applications, which tends to contain alternative options, because of the network effect that concentrates users in only a few transnational Internet companies. However, it is possible to observe small political organizations that are willing to use alternative self-managed software applications, presenting in the future participatory gap that can give comparative advantages to a group of activists or politicians over others
The goal of this paper is to determine how the network effect and the participatory gap affect the use of ICT tools in citizen political activity. For this work, as a first section, we present a theoretical foundation that serves as a frame of reference to support the use of software applications in political activity. A second section will define the concepts of "digital divide", "participatory gap" and "network effect", factors which are necessary to establish the willingness of users to utilize a software technology and / or the availability of technology accessible to political users. The third part will chronologically show the use of different ICT tools in Chilean political action and also describe a techno-political grouping. A fourth section performs an analysis that determines how the network effect and the participatory gap affect the use of applications. We conclude that there is a significant digital gap in the use and implementation of specific self-managed applications, which tends to contain alternative options, because of the network effect that concentrates users in only a few transnational Internet companies. However, it is possible to observe small political organizations that are willing to use alternative self-managed software applications, presenting in the future participatory gap that can give comparative advantages to a group of activists or politicians over others