Latin America On-Line
The Internet, Development, and Democratization
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 19002088 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Margaret Everett (Portland State University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1998 |
| Volume | 57 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 385-393 |
| Publication date | 1998-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Human Organization (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0018-7259 • E-ISSN: 1938-3517 |
| Publisher | Society for Applied Anthropology (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.17730/humo.57.4.f017g41312871148 |
| OpenAlex | W2028277340 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 10 |
| References cited | 7 |
Increasingly, aid agencies are turning to information technology as a key to promoting development and political reform. Internet proponents view information as critical to solving such problems of environmental destruction, disease, and authoritarianism. While the Internet poses intriguing possibilities for enhancing economic competitiveness and political pluralism, it is also creating new forms of exclusion and may lead to the neglect of other basic development issues. Moreover, the proponents of the Internet expansion in the Americas risk exacerbating rather than diminishing the dependency and uneven growth of previous development schemes. This article explores the current state of the Internet in Latin America and identifies some of the contradictions which are apparent in the discussion and use of this new technology in the region
Democracy · Democratization · Latin Americans · Line (geometry) · Political science · Politics · The Internet · World Wide Web · Computer Science · Cybersecurity and Cyber Warfare Studies · E-Government and Public Services · ICT Impact and Policies · Law
Testing the Leap-Frog Hypothesis
Explaining the Global Digital Divide
Researching Latin America
Diasporic sublime
Diasporic sublime
Nuestra revista lanza su propio sitio interactivo en la web
NGOs and the globalization of managerialism
National Identity and the Informational Welfare State
Sizing Up Information Societies
Gender and the Digital Divide in Latin America
| Unique citing works | 10 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,48 |
| Citation span | 2005 - 2025 (21) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 10 |