ICT in Community Networks: the cases of Buenos Aires and Montevideo

SUSANA FINQUELIEVICH

Shaping the Network Society: the new role of civil society in cyberspace

Massachussets Institute of Technology, MIT

Lugar: Cambridge, Mass.; Año: 2004; p. 137 - 149

This chapter refers the results of the research carried out by a bi-national team (Research Institute Gino Germani, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Buenos Aires, and Career of Sociology, Universidad de la República, Montevideo). The case studies were the cities of Buenos Aires and Montevideo. The main goal is to evaluate the social impact of ICT uses in local governments and in their communication with the citizens, as well as in the practices of civic networks that wish to increase their participation in public issues. ICTs uses and effective reach were studied in the local governments internal management, as well as in their actions to integrate the population to the Information Society. Information about the ICT incorporation by community organizations was collected and processed. Primary and secondary data were used, including electronic surveys, face-to-face and electronic interviews, the analysis of the projects of both municipalities regarding ICT incorporation, and their current implementation.