Análisis de las fuentes y redacción de la Historia de la Comunicación de la provincia de Tungurahua en el período de 1835 a 1925

Abstract

The Technical University of Loja is investigating the History of Communication of Ecuador: press, radio, television and digital media (1792-2013). Its aim is to bring together in a single work the main milestones in the history of communication in Ecuador; With a dual purpose: to disseminate the wealth and historical contribution of journalism in the development of the country and to obtain, in the future, a book that serves as a text in Ecuadorian schools and faculties of Communication, also granting a database with primary sources and Secondary aspects of the history of Ecuadorian communication. It was my responsibility to analyze the primary and secondary sources of the province of Tungurahua in the period from 1835 to 1925 and to write the history of their communication. It begins with the republican period (1835-1875) which is a time of avatars and confrontation through the press. Then came Catholicism and progressivism (1875-1895); Cycle of manipulation and persuasion through it. And it ends with liberalism (1895-1925), a lapse in which the press is underpinned and new types and formats appear.