Abstract

ROJAS-DIAZ, Jhoeen Sneyder  and  YEPES-LONDONO, John Jairo. Overview of Risks Caused by the Use of Technology in Latin America. Trilogía. Cienc. Tecnol. Soc. [online]. 2022, vol.14, n.26, e300.  Epub Aug 24, 2022. ISSN 2145-7778.  https://doi.org/10.22430/21457778.2020.

In recent decades, the use of information and communication technologies has generated social changes that evidence welfare and development in society. However, at the same time, it has also generated different types of problems, such as cyber addictions, computer crimes, the mediatization of sexuality, and problematic Internet use, among others. In spite of their reach and impact, the understanding of these problems is not broad and adequate enough to design of timely and effective intervention actions. This paper presents a systematic review of studies conducted in Latin America on these topics with the aim of contributing to their characterization and description and establishing reference points for studies and interventions. For this purpose, the problems were classified by type and class to later find articles on these issues published between 2010 and 2020 in journals indexed in Scopus. After analyzing 216 papers, it was concluded that these social problems associated with the use of ICTs are present in Latin America, however, research on these topics is scarce. Another important conclusion is that the existing studies are mostly focused on young people, disregarding the presence of these problems in other segments of the population. Finally, these problems should be further investigated to balance technological appropriation against the consequences of thoughtless, uncritical, and unlimited use of ICTs.

Keywords : Cyber addictions; computer crimes; mediatization of sexuality; technological social problems; problematic Internet use.

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