Citizenship in the context of information and communication technologies: reflections on personality rights and digital and social inclusion

Abstract

This article has as its scope the study of citizenship in the context of information and communication technologies. The disruptive changes caused by the advancement and dissemination of ICTs have transformed information into the main source of productivity, however the reflections of these tools go beyond market relations, since they have modified and have modified the way people relate and exercise their rights and duties as citizens, and this has impacted on the notion of citizenship, as well as the development of personality. Thus, through the hypothetical-deductive method, whose methodology was essentially bibliographical carried out through the research of articles and books on the subject, collected in the databases, especially at EBSCOhost, it was found that citizenship runs through digital, since the notion of digital citizenship does not consider the internet and ICTs as simple objects and tools, but as changeable instruments of personality development. Also, it was found that those groups that do not have access to these tools: the digitally excluded, have their psychic integrity offended, as well as that through digital inclusion it is possible to socially include these groups.