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ICT, Development and Young People. A State of the Art.

Received: 23-03-2018 – Accepted: 14-06-2018

https://doi.org/10.26441/RC17.2-2018-A15

Abstract

The present article is an international review or state of the art that analyzed more than seventy texts of studies and interventions of information and communication technologies for development and social change with the objective of identifying tendencies, in particular those that had the specific purpose of youth development. In the results of this systematization stands out the discussions around the concept of development, the predominance of works in marginalized communities, and the need to orient this field towards situated users and problems, as is the case of young people, a topic that has been less attended.

Keywords

information and communication technologies for development and social change; youth development; young people.

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María Rebeca Padilla de la Torre es Doctora en Estudios Científico-Sociales por el Instituto Tecnológico de Estudios Superiores de Occidente (ITECO) y Master en Comunicación por la Universidad de Guadalajara. Se desempeña como Profesora-Investigadora del Departamento de Comunicación de la Universidad Autónoma de Aguascalientes (México). rebecapadilla.uaa@gmail.com, http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5881-3958

Norma Isabel Medina Mayagoitia es Maestra en Educación y Profesora-Investigadora del Departamento de Comunicación en el Centro de Ciencias Sociales y Humanidades de la Universidad Autónoma de Aguascalientes (México). nimedina@correo.uaa.mx