Information public policies: a look at Internet access and digital inclusion in the Brazilian scenario

• Autor(a) principal: Franco, Angela Halen Claro
• Data de Publicação: 2021
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Em Questão (Online)
• Texto Completo: https://seer.ufrgs.br/index.php/EmQuestao/article/view/109817
• topic: Políticas públicas de informação; Inclusão digital; Internet; Tecnologias de informação e comunicação; Information public policies. Digital inclusion. Internet. Information and communication technologies.

It aims to identify the recent scenario of Federal Government actions aimed at democratizing Internet access in the national context. It was chosen as methodological procedures by basic research, of descriptive character and bibliographic and documentary design, considering the actions undertaken by the Federal Government from 2010 to 2019. The analysis was conducted by the qualitative approach. Ten main initiatives undertaken that dialogue with the expansion of Internet access were identified, the oldest one being the National Broadband Program and the most recent being Telecommunications Public Policies and the New Legal Framework for Telecommunications. The main points about digital inclusion observed in the initiatives identified are the infrastructure for accessing the Internet and education for the use of information and communication technologies. These perspectives appeared together in some initiative, while other initiatives were concentrated on only one of the points. It was observed that the initiatives identified lack clarity as to their practical directions, and that public policies aimed at Internet access must be guided by digital inclusion, focusing on digital literacy and digital emancipation.