Competencias mediáticas en niños y niñas de 5 a 8 años de los subniveles de preparatoria y elemental de educación general básica de la Escuela La Inmaculada de la ciudad de Zaruma, provincia de El Oro, Ecuador, año lectivo 2019-2020.

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Abstract:The present research work entitled: Media competencies in children from 5 to 8 years of high school elementary and basic general education sub-levels of the "LaInmaculada" Fiscomisional School of the city of Zaruma, province of El Oro, Ecuador, 2019-2020 school year, had as a general objective to make a diagnosis of the level of media competencies in children from 5 to 8 years; the research was qualitative-quantitative; the methods used are: descriptive, inductive-deductive, analytical-synthetic and the techniques of documentary and field analysis; a survey was applied to 31 students; With this information, a qualitative analysis was carried out through the detailed description of the problem, highlighting the gaps around the media interactions of the study population, and accordingly, proposing methodological strategies to incorporate them into the teaching-learning process. It is concluded that in the technologydimension the majority have low competence because they have not used didactic tools, they also have low competence in the production and dissemination dimension, and in ideology and values.