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Made available in DSpace on 2016-04-26T18:15:44Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 paulo_brito.pdf: 674840 bytes, checksum: 7e8af7d18efdc331b641bba54aeb7a5e (MD5) Previous issue date: 2005-03-28 / This study aimed to investigate, in the available contemporary literature, the digital bridging in general, and specifically the access possibilities of brazilian citizens to new communication technologies the existence of such possibilities classifies an individual as digitally included . The study started with those theories that explain inclusion and exclusion. Digital exclusion (or digital divide), a set of interdictions that block the access of individuals to modern resources of digital communication, was found inside the social exclusion, and was studied so. The research on the subject regarding Brazil was performed preliminarily with some of the few works that were found on the theme, and then with the help of data surveys of IBGE on the possession of microcomputers, telephone lines and the availability of internet access, regarding not only individuals but households as well. Among our conclusions, we should remark these: 1) Brazil is needing more studies on this subject, since we found a good number of research on digital bridging in other languages and based on other countries but just a few in portuguese and regarding Brazil; 2) The main digital bridging actions have been done without any further assessment, what means that its results remain unknown; thus, it is impossible to tell if the knowledge acquired during these actions changes culture and behavior of an individual, turning him into an included in the digital communication world / Este estudo procurou investigar, dentro da literatura contemporânea disponível, a inclusão digital em geral, e especificamente as possibilidades de acesso dos brasileiros às novas tecnologias de comunicação a existência da possibilidade de acesso classifica o indivíduo como um incluído digital. O trabalho foi iniciado tomando por base as teorias que explicam inclusão e exclusão, percorrendo depois teorias e pesquisas relacionadas à exclusão social. A exclusão digital, um conjunto de interdições que impedem o acesso de indivíduos aos modernos recursos de comunicação digital, foi localizada dentro da exclusão social e assim estudada. A pesquisa sobre o assunto em relação ao Brasil foi feita preliminarmente a partir das poucas obras que tratam desse tema, e depois com o auxílio de dados de levantamentos do IBGE relativos à posse de microcomputadores, telefones e disponibilidade de acesso à Internet, referentes não só a indivíduos como também a domicílios. Entre as conclusões, devemos ressaltar as de que: 1) o Brasil está necessitando de estudos mais aprofundados sobre o assunto, já que localizamos boa quantidade de pesquisas sobre a Inclusão Digital em outras línguas e sobre outros países mas poucas em português e sobre essa questão no Brasil; 2) as grandes ações de inclusão digital estão sendo feitas sem acompanhamento posterior, ou seja, os resultados não são conhecidos, não sendo possível, portanto, concluir se o conhecimento adquirido nessas ações transforma a cultura e o comportamento do indivíduo, a ponto de torná-lo de fato um incluído no mundo da comunicação digital