From access to the Internet to the info-communication literacies, a comparison of statistical results for the period 2015 to 2017 between Brazil, Colombia and Spain

Abstract

This work is the result of the comparison of indicators associated with the Internet between Brazil, Colombia and Spain, in order to carry out an analytical discussion regarding access, uses or applications and the reasons for non-access. In this way, the discussion deepens in the barriers that people have in the use of the Internet as a tool for access to information and communication, leading to discussion for the infocommunication competitions, a basic factor for inclusion and social participation today. For this, data from national and international sources, such as DANE, CETIC, INE, ITU and EUROSTAT, were taken between 2015 and 2017 that record or study the behavior of people on the Internet, identifying common variables over time for the comparative processes carried out. The data shows that access improves in each country with differences in the quality of the type of service received in the Internet connection. However, the use is more oriented in the generation of messages within social contexts, without going to the next level that involves using the potential of the Internet in the generation of economic or social welfare. It can be concluded that not all users manage to transform the information into a group or individual benefit, so the development of infocomunicational competences is not fully evident. In addition, there is a lack of information to demonstrate in a concrete way these advances in the competences at the country level. The uses and motives vary, as well as the forms of access in each country, together with the monitoring carried out by each Government, all influenced by the national public policies developed there and the economic factors that affect a State.