Redes electrónicas de mujeres: aportaciones al uso democrático de internet
- Autores: Martha Burkle Bonecchi, Eva González
- Localización: Redes.com : revista de estudios para el desarrollo social de la Comunicación, ISSN 1696-2079, Nº. 3, 2006, págs. 111-132
- Idioma: español
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Resumen
The Internet as an agent of democratisation is a concept which is receiving increasing interest from social theorists around the world (Barranquero, 2003; Castells, 2001; Wallace, 1999).
Some authors within the � futuristic� approach to information technologies support the argument that the Internet �could help citizens revitalise democracy�. However, a tension exists to this approach as the history of the design, development and use of the Internet is heavily male dominated. Whilst implicit in the nature of �democracy� is the idea of equality and sharing between genders, the feminist discourse has underlined the nature of the Internet as dominated by a technological elite integrated by men. From this perspective, it is urgent to analyse gender involvement in technologies in general and Internet in particular and the appropriation of the web by women networks. This paper investigates the theoretical bases of these ideas (empowerment, appropriation, identity) and compares them with empirical analysis of the use of the Internet by groups of women in four different geographical areas: Europe, North America, Asia and Africa. A number of websites from these areas were selected in order to perform a content analysis and compare their use in reference to community service, social action promotion, women�s involvement in political practices and new forms of interactive communication.
