Abstract: "The book is designed to foster discussion about the policies and actions that must be promoted for building an Internet culture in Latin America and the Caribbean, based on the principles of social and cultural equity.
It presents pioneering research designed to show from a qualitative and ethnographic perspective, how new information and communication technologies, as applied to the school system and to local governance initiatives, merely reproduce traditional pedagogical approaches and the dominant forms by which power is exercised at the local level. The analysis aims to contribute to further thinking about the need to promote an Internet culture based on the social application of a “right to communication and culture” and an “Internet right,” seeking true citizen participation and free access to knowledge, with due regard to personal and individual rights such as those of privacy and intimacy." Edited by Marcelo Bonilla (FLACSO) and Gilles Cliche (IDRC). Originally published in Spanish by FLACSO. English edition published by Southbound and IDRC. 436 p, dated 2004. full digital version available in zip file containing 16 PDF files.