Estudio en niños y jóvenes frente a las pantallas, realizado en la Unidad Educativa Porvenir , Centro Educativo Bilingüe Génesis y Escuela Arco Iris , del cantón Cuenca, provincia del Azuay en el año 2011

Abstract

This paper entitled "Study on children and youth in front of screens" of national research program Interactive Generations of Ecuador, has the general objective know the degree of use of Information Technology and Communication among children, teen and youth of our country, in this specific case of Azuay province. To do this, we have applied the non-experimental, cross, exploratory and descriptive methodological design by applying techniques such as bibliographic research and analysis. The research instruments were questionnaires interactive displays and a questionnaire developed by the ILFAM applied to a sample of 11 children, 10 adolescents and 11 youth in three educational institutions: Education Unit "Porvenir" Bilingual School "Genesis" and School "Arco Iris", ubicates in Cuenca city. As a general conclusion was observed that generations live a century where the use of technology is inevitable, and in this study group new technologies are used primarily for leisure purposes, which often becomes a distraction to their studies.