Inclusão digital, cidades digitais e cidadania: estudo de caso da praça matriz de Lauro de Freitas

Abstract

His study addressed issues related to digital inclusion and citizenship from the perspective of digital cities. Lauro de Freitas, a municipality in Bahia with great potential for development, was awarded by the federal program “digital cities”. The research focused on a new look at digital inclusion, now supported by public policy, through free access to information and communication (or the internet) in public places. From this possibility of access to the world wide web (internet) and the possible contributions of the program to the exercise of citizenship it was possible to verify, due to the answers obtained by the research that the implementation of the Digital Cities Program, through the experience in the main square of Lauro de Freitas, became a regional development vector and, by enabling internet access, ratified the exercise of citizenship in the municipality. However, there was also a need for later stages to access the Internet. An education focused on the digital world, such as information literacy