Joseph D Straubhaar

The Social Shaping of the Brazilian Internet: Historicizing Interactions Between States, Corporations, and NGOs in ICT Development and Diffusion

by Stuart Davis, Joseph D Straubhaar, and Jeremiah P Spence

This chapter argues Information and Communication Technlogy (ICT) diffusion in Brazil was largely... more This chapter argues Information and Communication Technlogy (ICT) diffusion in Brazil was largely driven by creative innovations in from below by non-governmental organizations (NGOs) who sought to create new forms of access to the Internet to fulfill demand by users. However, these efforts were heavily influenced by national policies regarding public access, liberalization of regulations governing the national telecommunications market, as well as attempts by private corporations vying for consumer access. Adopting a social shaping of technology (SSOT) perspective, we attempt to trace how conflicts and collaborations between these different actors defined ICT roll-out.

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