DIGITAL INCLUSION IN TELECENTRES AND LAN HOUSES: NEW SPACIAL DYNAMICS DUE TO THE PUBLIC INTERNET ACCESS POINTS ON PERIPHERY OF PORTO ALEGRE/RS

• Autor(a) principal: Moraes, Fernando Dreissig de
• Data de Publicação: 2011
• Outros Autores: Soares, Paulo Roberto Rodrigues
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Revista Geografar
• Texto Completo: https://revistas.ufpr.br/geografar/article/view/21806
• topic: Centros públicos de acesso à Internet; Inclusão Digital; Internet; Ciberespaço; Porto Alegre.

Internet has provided a significant amount of changes in society and, consequently, in the geographic space. In this paper, we focus our analysis on the new form of social exclusion resulting from lack or poor access to the Internet: the digital divide. At the same time, we analyzed if the process of digital inclusion are really happening, and what are the dynamics that emerge from these locations, taking as public Internet access points in the North and Eixo Baltazar regions of the city of Porto Alegre. This research verified a current overview of the impacts of Information and Communication Technologies and how they change some spatial dynamics. These centers, whether free or paid, are serving primary to the population’s sectors that not have a complete access to the computers. The data obtained in this research show us that there are many likeness in the uses as well as in the importance level of the Internet for the users of access centers, although there is a difference in the socioeconomic profile of them. At the same time, it was identified that public points are just one option between another routes of entry, a fact which shows a greater ease of obtaining Internet access today, although the ownership of a computer are still limited to a small segment of the population. Public policies of digital inclusion are still important to increase accessibility.Keywords: Public Internet access points, Digital Inclusion, Internet, Cyberspace, Porto Alegre.