Análisis de las fuentes y redacción de la Historia de la Comunicación de la provincia del Azuay en el período de 1755 a 1875

Abstract

This research is part of the national project on the History of Communication in Ecuador, specifically in the province of Azuay in the period between 1755 and 1875. It begins with systematization and analysis of the primary (newspapers, newsletters and flyers) and secondary sources, related to communication. Additionally a complete analysis of issues such as the duration, frequency, ideological currents, also writers and printers of publications is made. The period of analysis corresponds to the start of independent life that will later Republic of Ecuador and thus refers to an age of particularly political, and ideological clashes and doctrinaire character expressed through the media and in which the pen of the greatest intellectuals of the time is present. Some of the prominent journalists are Fray Vicente Solano, Pío Bravo, Benigno Malo, Mariano Cueva, Antonio Borrero, and Luis Cordero.