Abstract

MARTINEZ DOMINGUEZ, Marlen  and  GOMEZ NAVARRO, Dulce. Digital divide in Oaxaca's indigenous populations. Evidence of Internet access. Inmediac. Comun [online]. 2024, vol.19, n.1, pp.157-179.  Epub June 01, 2024. ISSN 1510-5091.  https://doi.org/10.18861/ic.2024.19.1.3557.

The digital divide refers to the form of social exclusion that affects the use of technology and has a greater impact on indigenous peoples. In Oaxaca, due to its high density of indigenous population, there is a historical continuum of inequality that is expressed in poverty, marginalisation, low schooling and low purchasing power, which are barriers to access to digital technologies. The aim of this paper is to analyse the socio-demographic, economic, cultural and geographic factors that affect access to the Internet by the indigenous population, as well as a review of the digital inclusion policies undertaken to reduce the digital divide. This approach involved the use of the probit statistical model, using data from the 2020 Population and Housing Census. The statistics showed that education, purchasing power, access to basic services and residing in places with a higher population concentration are conditioning factors for promoting access to the Internet. Likewise, the need to design and implement digital policies with the participation of the three levels of government (federal, state and municipal) and local social agents, within a framework of recognition of cultural diversity; policies that go beyond the instrumental and that promote public-private investment in telecommunications, in addition to continuing to make progress in improving the well-being of the indigenous population.

Keywords : access; Internet; digital divide; indigenous people; Oaxaca.

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