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This paper analyses 68 digital media in Venezuela, based on the results obtained in 2010 and framed on the project "Cyber media in Colombia and Latin America", which is supported by the Universidad del Norte and Universidad de los Andes (Venezuela). The goal of the research is to determine the adoption of cyber journalism features and web 2.0 in media of this region. The study uses the method proposed by Rodríguez-Martínez, Codina & Pedraza-Jiménez (2010), which has been tested in previous research by the authors of this paper. According to the results, the general data analyzed allow us to remark the low development of the digital media of Venezuela and the need of a deep debate and actions oriented to the advantage of the potentialities of the ICT from digital media in this country. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper presents a revision about the new and the old forms of sociopolitical participation. This comparative perspective reflects a revision about the literature of socio-political participation. The objective is generated different hypothesis and explanations about participation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper presents and analyzes the imaginaries of Barranquilla's children of Colombia about citizenship. This research project, which originates this article, is focused on imaginaries because it considers that the way the reality is conceived by people has consequences in the role and behaviour of individual's within a given society. Data were collected by means of group discussions and field notes. Variables such as citizenship imaginary, power and participation were analysed in children between 9 to 11 years old selected from low, middle and high socioeconomic strata of the Barranquilla city, in order to understand how these individuals are being integrated as citizens in their society and what aspects strengthening or weakening their interest towards collective issues. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]