The political organisation of citizens according to ICT, an approach on the influence of the 'web effect', the digital gap and the participatory gap in the Chilean context

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datacite.alternateIdentifier.citationCUHSO-CULTURA-HOMBRE-SOCIEDAD,Vol.28,67-91,2018
datacite.alternateIdentifier.doi10.7770/0719-2789.2018.CUHSO.06.A04
datacite.creatorMellado Gatica, Alejandro
datacite.date2018
datacite.subject.englishICT
datacite.subject.englishPolitics
datacite.subject.englishNetwork Effect
datacite.subject.englishDigital breach
datacite.titleThe political organisation of citizens according to ICT, an approach on the influence of the 'web effect', the digital gap and the participatory gap in the Chilean context
dc.date.accessioned2021-04-30T16:28:47Z
dc.date.available2021-04-30T16:28:47Z
dc.description.abstractThe 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.
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dc.publisherUNIV CATOLICA TEMUCO
dc.sourceCUHSO-CULTURA-HOMBRE-SOCIEDAD
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