Consumo y uso de medios de comunicación de jóvenes de bachillerato de la Unidad Educativa “San José de Calasanz de Cañar” en tiempos de convergencia período marzo – abril 2016

Abstract

The present research aims at knowing the use and consumption of the media of the students of the country, in this time where the new technologies give us the facility to access several means of communication at the same time.

For this research purpose, data were collected from the students of the San José de Calasanz Educational Unit of the city of Cañar during the month of March 2016, through the application of a questionnaire of fifty-two questions divided into five sections: Informational data, economic income, technologies of communication and information, leisure and some media uses.

The survey was carried out on students with disabilities, mostly between 15 and 17 years of age, simultaneous consumers of traditional and current media, a population that browses the internet daily for information and finds in Facebook the right place to contact their relatives and friends.