Los espacios informativos en Ecuador, una ventana hacia la violencia o la cultura de paz: caso Ecuavisa y Ecuador TV

Abstract

Abstract: Due to multiple causes, both structural and cyclical, in recent years years the levels of crime, insecurity and violence have increased significantly exponential in Ecuador. Logically, such a phenomenon is daily portrayed and reported in traditional and digital media, spaces in which discloses, with greater or lesser relevance, the events linked to the escalation of the events violent. In the present investigation, the stellar news programs of both a channel of private and other public television, seeking to identify the role of such media, their influence and incidence in the current contexts of violence and social conflict, also emphasizing the contribution that can be made from the media to the construction of a culture of genuine and lasting peace.