Abstract

SAID-HUNG, Elias. Vulnerable Young People And Mobile Participation In Colombia: A Study Of The Levels Of Citizen Participation And Appropriation Among Beneficiaries Of Social Programs. Innovar [online]. 2014, vol.24, n.52, pp.31-44. ISSN 0121-5051.  https://doi.org/10.15446/innovar.v24n52.42504.

Abstract: This study explores the level of appropriation and the citizen participation model, trough cellular phones, of Colombian young people under condition of vulnerability, registered in the National System of Possible Beneficiaries (Sisbén) in levels 1 and 2. With this objective, 383 surveys were applied in Barranquilla during the first semester of 2010. The findings show that despite of high penetration of mobile phones, relation between young people and social organizations through these devices is still incipient. The paper concludes explaining that participation is still hold in traditional scenarios and predominant communication model of young with vulnerabilities is referred to passive receiver.

Keywords : Young people; mobile phones; participation; appropriation; vulnerability.

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