¿Ciberdemocracia? Comunidades de práctica y comunicación política mediadas por ecosistemas digitales

Abstract

The following research work was developed by the Research Group 2000 COPE at the School of communication sciences of the Universidad Sergio Arboleda. It aims to answer the question: What transformations occur in the communication policy of a community of practice through its participation in digital networks? This seeks to characterize the participation in a community of practice that interacts on issues of political communication in a digital ecosystem enhanced with virtual social networks. Describing the initial state of the political culture of the population under study, as well as their relationships mediated by language in a digital ecosystem. Sets changes in the political responsibilities of the studied population through the analysis of the relations that are generated in the digital ecosystem. Raises methodology wtih qualitative approach and descriptive-interpretative focus, using methods such as Participatory Action Research (PAR) in its educational variant with digital media (Restrepo, 2000, Valbuena, 2009) and the ciberetnography (Ardevol, Estalella, & Dominguez, 2002). The end result looks like, as well as, give elements for the construction of new knowledge.