The Role of ICTs is Development. A Look at the Social Construction of Technology in the Ecuadorian Case

This article proposes to begin with what are known as science, technology and society studies (STS) as a way to problematize information and communication technologies (ICTs), their vision of progress and their association with the development discourse. In these studies, technology is understood as...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor: Jiménez Becerra, Javier Andrés
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2010
País:Ecuador
Institución:Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales
Repositorio:Revista ICONOS
Idioma:español
OAI Identifier:oai:iconos.flacsoandes.edu.ec:article/412
Acceso en línea:https://iconos.flacsoandes.edu.ec/index.php/iconos/article/view/412
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:desarrollo
tecnología
determinismo tecnológico
TIC
sociedad de la información
development
technology
technological determinism
ICTs
information society
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Sumario:This article proposes to begin with what are known as science, technology and society studies (STS) as a way to problematize information and communication technologies (ICTs), their vision of progress and their association with the development discourse. In these studies, technology is understood as a social construction. Said focus can help us to think about the central elements that should be taken into account when reflecting on and studying the self-styled ICT networks for development in the Ecuadorian case.