Abstract

LEMUS, Magdalena. De accesos e igualaciones: apropiación de TIC por jóvenes en el marco del Programa Conectar Igualdad. Cienc. docencia tecnol. [online]. 2017, n.54, pp.150-187. ISSN 1851-1716.

This paper aims to explore the connection between ICT and inequality among working class teenagers. From a qualitative perspective we study how teenagers have engaged with Internet and computers along their lives. Also, we analyze how Programa Conectar Igualdad and access to computers and Internet at different places (at home, at school or at cyber bars) have shaped their experience with ICT. Our findings suggest that major transformations in the way teenagers engage with ICT have occurred when having a computer and Internet connection at home. Furthermore, we also have found that young people tend to link ICT with the idea of being «always connected» and that their most meaningful uses are related to entertainment, communication and information searching. Finally, we consider that ICT appropriation among working class teenagers has allowed them to manage their own lives and relationships in new and different ways and that it has contributed to let them feel less material and symbolically unequal.

Keywords : ICT; Young people; Programa Conectar Igualdad; Appropriation; Social Inequality.

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