Brecha digital y contextos de marginación en México: una década de evolución

Djamel Toudert

doi:10.7764/cdi.53.37763

Authors

Djamel Toudert El Colegio de la Frontera Norte

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.7764/cdi.53.37763

Keywords:

digital divide, Internet-computer parity, urban localities, Mexico

Abstract

The aim of this article is to analyze, in the context of socio-territorial marginalization of localities with more than 2,500 inhabitants in Mexico, the evolution of the unavailability of information and communication technologies (ICTs) between 2010 and 2020. The research is based on data from the 2020 population and housing census to provide a diachronic follow-up to a previous analysis conducted with the 2010 census information. Methodologically, descriptive exploratory statistics tools were used to generate marginalization magnitude profiles, which were compared with two factors of the digital divide: unavailability of the Internet and/or of interaction artifacts. The findings reveal a general decline in unavailability between 2010 and 2020 due to the positioning of the mobile phone at the center of the connectivity model, with its positive and negative aspects, for the beneficial appropriation of ICTs. In the context of this evolution, the population of the most marginalized localities has the weakest intercensal dynamics and lags the further behind. From this perspective, public action, with its chiaroscuro to mitigate the digital divide, is called upon to look for other strategies to deal with the extent of the lag.

Author Biography

Djamel Toudert, El Colegio de la Frontera Norte

PhD in Geography, Urban Planning and Territorial Planning from the Institute of Higher Studies in Latin America of the University of Paris 3. He is currently a professor-researcher at El Colegio de la Frontera Norte. His main lines of research focus on the socio-territorial appropriation of ICTs, development and promotion of the destination and instruments for the conceptual development of territorial research.

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