SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNOLOGICAL PRODUCTION AND THE USE OF INTERNET IN LATIN AMERICA

Abstract

A systematic review of the production and publication of research papers on the study of Internet use in Latin America was carried out under the PRISMA approach (Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic reviews and Meta-Analyses). The purpose of the analysis proposed in this document was to know the main characteristics of the publications registered in the Scopus and WoS databases during the year and their scope in the study of the proposed variables, achieving the identification of 55 publications in total. Thanks to this first identification, it was possible to refine the results through the keywords entered in the search button of both platforms, ICT, INTERNET, and LATIN AMERICA, reaching 14 documents, already excluding duplicates and those that did not meet the analysis criteria. The identified scientific publications were analyzed in order to know the main characteristics within the execution of research projects related to the study of the use of different Information and Communication Technologies and their application in different areas of knowledge in Latin America, thus determining the main advantages and disadvantages of the use of the Internet in aspects such as education, health, economy, among others