Internet and Society in Latin America and the Caribbean

ContentsForeword. Fernando Carrion vAcknowledgements. viiBiographical notes on the authors andresearch coordinators. viiiIntroductionThe Internet and its impact on Latin American andCaribbean society: Research and dialogue.Marcelo Bonilla and Gilles Cliche 3The Internet, culture and educationNavigators and castaways in cyberspace: Psychosocialexperience and cultural practices in school children's Internet.Jose Cabrera Paz 21Introducing new information and communication technologiesin two rural schools of central Chile: An ethnographicapproximation.Miguel Angel Arredondo, Ramiro Catalan,Jorge Montesinos and Sebastian Monsalve 87Learning from the pioneers: Best practices as exemplifiedin the TELAR network.Paula Perez, Adriana Vilela, Daniel Light and Micaela Manso 116The social impact of the Internet at the local levelThe social impact of introducing ICTs in local government andpublic services: Case studies in Buenos Aires and Montevideo.Susana Finquelievich, Silvia Lago Martinez, Alejandra Jara,Pablo Baumann, Alen Perez Casas, Martin Zamalvide,Mariano Fressoli and Raquel Turrubiates 147The social impact of information and communicationtechnologies at the local level.Uca Silva 193
The Internet and local governance: Towards the creationof a community habitus.Ester Schiavo, Sol Quiroga, Daniel Carceglia,Leandro Coppolecchio and Daniel Cravacuore 213Measuring qualitative and quantitative impacts: Design andimplementation of online registration systems for telecentresusing Linux platforms.Julian Casasbuenas, Omar Martinez and Sylvia Cadena 240The Internet, rights and societyThe impact of new information and communicationtechnologies on privacy rights.Carlos G. Gregorio, Silvana Greco and Javier Baliosian 259Copyright and the Internet.Agustin Grijalva 311Public policy and the InternetTowards a model of franchises for community telecentresin Latin America.Scott S. Robinson 337The Internet and socially relevant public policies:Why, how and what to advocate?Juliana Martinez and the Fundacion Acceso team 362The social impacts of ICTs in Latin America and theCaribbean: The MISTICA virtual community and theOLISTICA observation network.Daniel Pimienta and Luis Barnola 386Introductory notes for the analysis of ICT policies in LatinAmerica and the Caribbean.Roberto Roggiero 417ConclusionCreating synergy between research on the social impact ofICTs and political action for equitable development.Marcelo Bonilla and Gilles Cliche 431