Social networking and activism
This paper explains the existing connection between the information and communication technologies concentrated on Internet, social networks and politics.Technologies as information and communication channels are considered proprietary resources in the collective social activism to report social con...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2014 |
| País: | México |
| Institución: | UNIVERSIDAD DE GUADALAJARA |
| Repositorio: | Revista de Tecnología y Sociedad |
| Idioma: | español |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:148.202.167.189/paakat:article/226 |
| Acceso en línea: | http://www.udgvirtual.udg.mx/paakat/index.php/paakat/article/view/226 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Information and communication technologies; networks: internet; Twitter; Facebook; activism Tecnologías de la información y comunicación; redes; internet; Twitter; Facebook; activismo |
| Sumario: | This paper explains the existing connection between the information and communication technologies concentrated on Internet, social networks and politics.Technologies as information and communication channels are considered proprietary resources in the collective social activism to report social conflict online. And assuming they can achieve recognition after getting the media attention, they can improve their democratic status. Social activism through social networks (created as invisible entities), can make civil society to overcome political apathy.That's why actions that were born in social networks, spontaneous outbreaks or movements such as #yosoy132 show a change in the social action. Being all the result of the penetration of the ICT. This represents a risk for the political class, since the ICT arise as an opportunity to return to a new "Fuenteovejuna", but in a virtual version.Considering the above, the analysis of ICT brings a different political qualitative change that is being generated. The citizens' political disinterest for a democratic political system is beginning to change with the transformation of a new interactive political culture with virtual support, which can be reflected in the increase of collective social actions. They may not be strong or noticed in times of calm or political repression, but they reappear during critical moments or conflicts. |
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