Triplemente marcadas: desconexiones comunicativas en la Amazonía sur ecuatoriana

Yolanda Martínez Suárez; Saleta de Salvador Agra; Xabier de Salvador González

doi:10.7764/cdi.36.716

Authors

Yolanda Martínez Suárez Universidad de Cuenca, Cuenca, Ecuador
Saleta de Salvador Agra Universidad de Cuenca, Cuenca, Ecuador
Xabier de Salvador González Universidad de la Coruña, La Coruña, España

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.7764/cdi.36.716

Keywords:

Gender, ethnicity, age, media consumption, digital gaps, Internet, phone mobile

Abstract

In the XXI century, the mobile age, it is worth revisiting the thesis of exclusive isolation in remote areas, or “particularly difficult access” enunciated in the MacBride Report in the eighties. The objective is to provide a snapshot of disconnections and inequalities suffered in a technologically remote context: the southern Ecuadorian Amazon. To carry out this study we chose a quantitative methodology. Considering the variables of gender, ethnicity (indigenous communities – shuar and Kichwa-Saraguro – and non-indigenous) and age, we did an analysis of the penetration of mobile technology (from the gap in the ownership of devices, access through loan and coverage), from cultural consumption of mass media (TV, radio, newspapers and magazines) to Internet. The results point not only to a summative discrimination but also to a clear interaction or multiplicative effect between the study variables (gender, ethnicity and generation).

Author Biographies

Yolanda Martínez Suárez, Universidad de Cuenca, Cuenca, Ecuador

Is a graduate in Journalism and Ph.D. in philosophy from the University of Santiago de Compostela (USC). Member of the groups: Justice and Equality (USC), Communication, Migration and Citizenship (InCom.UAB), REAL-CODE (Europe and Latin American Network of Communication and Development) and the SGR "Grup international d'Estudis sobre Comunicació i Cultura". Her research interests revolve around communication, gender and citizenship. She currently teaches at the University of Cuenca, Ecuador.

Saleta de Salvador Agra, Universidad de Cuenca, Cuenca, Ecuador

European Ph.D. in philosophy from the USC, in co-tutelary, Ph.D. in semiotics from the Italian Institute of Human Sciences of Florence and the University of Bologna, and Master in Gender and Public Policies from the University of Vigo. Member of InCom.UAB. Her research interests revolve around semiotics, gender and ICTs. She currently teaches at the University of Cuenca, Ecuador.

Xabier de Salvador González, Universidad de la Coruña, La Coruña, España

Professor of the University of La Coruña in the area of Research Methods and Diagnosis in Education. He holds a Ph.D. in pedagogy from the University of Santiago de Compostela. His research interests focus on data analysis applied to education and evaluation of socio-educational services and programs, with several publications in books and articles.