Implications of the information and communication technologies (ICT) in the socialization of hearing-impaired persons. A case study: Zaragoza

  • Milagros Mayor Pérez Agrupación de Personas Sordas de Zaragoza y Aragón
  • Lázaro M. Bacallao-Pino Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (México)
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5209/rev_CUTS.2015.v28.n1.47154
Keywords: auditory disability, socialization, communication, ICT.

Abstract

Access to ICT is an important issue in contemporary societies, especially in vulnerable groups. From a case study of hearing impaired people living in Zaragoza, we study the assumption of ICT as a resource for socializing as well as the opinions and asses on them. In general, members of this group recognize the value and importance of ICT to information, communication and socialization. There are differences in their access between deaf persons with knowing of sign language or without it. Trends such as the increased use of smartphones replacing computers or valuation of certain risks or dangers associated ICT are identified. The domain in the use of ICT is conditioned by variables such as knowing of sign language, the age and condition of digital native.

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Milagros Mayor Pérez, Agrupación de Personas Sordas de Zaragoza y Aragón

Diplomada en Trabajo Social por la Escuela de Estudios Sociales de la Universidad de Zaragoza, (1998-2001). En el año 2003 finaliza su formación como Intérprete-Guía Intérprete de L.S.E., convalidándolo en el año 2011 (C.F.G.S. de Intérprete-Guía Intérprete en L.S.E.). Durante el curso 2012-2013, realiza el curso de adaptación al Grado en Trabajo Social, en la Facultad de Ciencias Sociales y del Trabajo de la Universidad de Zaragoza. Desde 2003, realiza intervención Socio-laboral en el marco del Tercer Sector, con personas con discapacidad auditiva en diferentes ciudades de España (Toledo, Madrid y Zaragoza).

 

Lázaro M. Bacallao-Pino, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (México)

Licenciado en Comunicación Social y Master en Ciencias de la Comunicación (Universidad de La Habana, 2003 y 2006). Doctor en Sociología (Universidad de Zaragoza, 2012). Actualmente es investigador postdoctoral del Programa Postdoctorado FONDECYT en el Instituto de la Comunicación e Imagen de la Universidad de Chile. Sus principales líneas de investigación incluyen temas relacionados con las TIC y su impacto social, así como participación ciudadana y políticas públicas. Recientemente ha publicado: “Social media mobilisations: Articulating participatory processes or visibilizing dissent?” (Cyberpsychology: Journal of Psychosocial Research on Cyberspace, 8(3), article 3. doi: 10.5817/CP2014-3-3).

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Published
2015-05-18
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Mayor Pérez M. y Bacallao-Pino L. M. (2015). Implications of the information and communication technologies (ICT) in the socialization of hearing-impaired persons. A case study: Zaragoza. Cuadernos de Trabajo Social, 28(1), 103-113. https://doi.org/10.5209/rev_CUTS.2015.v28.n1.47154
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Vol. 28 No. 1 (2015)
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