Fomento de la ciudadanía digital en los países andinos a través de los medios de comunicación. Caso Ecuador

Abstract

Abstract: The practice of digital competencies fostering digital citizenship will allow improving democracy by communicating opinions, exercising freedom of expression mediated by digital environments, within a set of skills and values that promote the safe and effective use of technology. We propose to determine the exercise of digital citizenship promotion in digital media of national and regional coverage in Ecuador, with approaches related to digital citizenship and inclusion. The research is descriptive to interweave the parameters involved. For this, we used a quantitative methodology through, seven semi-structured interviews to evidence the knowledge about digital citizenship, 207 surveys that determine the use of ICT's and digital environments. We use a qualitative methodology for content analysis in the publications of four digital media of national coverage, with the composite week system, to locate the digital citizenship approaches that apply in a period from December 1, 2022, until January 20, 2023.