Resumo

CUBEROS, María-Antonia; VIVAS-GARCIA, Marisela  e  MAZUERA-ARIAS, Rina. Information and Communication Technologies as mediators of public policies for the reduction of poverty in two Colombian-Venezuelan border municipalities. Comun. soc [online]. 2019, vol.16, e6374.  Epub 30-Nov-2019. ISSN 0188-252X.  https://doi.org/10.32870/cys.v2019i0.6374.

The article shows an analysis of the role of the Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) as mediators of public policies aimed at reducing poverty in the Bolívar and Villa del Rosario municipalities of the Colombian-Venezuelan border. When following the quantitative methodology, its communicational influence when providing information was discovered, bridging the digital gap and encouraging empowerment.

Palavras-chave : Mediation; ICT; Poverty; Public policies; Colombia; Venezuela.