Este estudio buscaba explorar accesos, usos y percepciones respecto de lasTIC, de jovenes universitarios en Cartagena de Indias, Colombia, desde un enfoquecualitativo, apoyandose en testimonios levantados mediante grupos focales en el ano2010. Se trataba de comprender tales procesos, en el marco amplio de lastransformaciones del sensorium de lo contemporaneo que producen las mediaciones delas TIC. Se pudo establecer que dichas mediaciones son estructurales a las dinamicascotidianas de los sujetos con independencia de su formacion y condicionsocioeconomica. PALABRAS CLAVE : accesos, jovenes, percepciones, sensorium , TIC, usos ABSTRACT: This study sought to explore young college students' access, use and perceptions of ICTs in Cartagena de Indias, Colombia, from a qualitative approach, relying on testimonies gotten from focus groups carried out in 2010. The point of the focus groups was to understand the processes within the broader context of changes in the contemporary sensorium brought about by mediations of the ICTs. It was established that these mediations are structural to the everyday dynamics of the students, regardless of education and socio-economic status. KEYWORDS: young adults, ICTs, access, uses, perceptions, sensorium