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New scenarios for community communication. Opportunities and threats to the media and civil society organizations from the application of the new Ecuadorian regulatory framework

Abstract:

This research analyzes the current situation of community and alternative media in relation to Ecuadorian regulatory framework recently applied to media and civil society. To start a theoretical framework based on the history of community and alternative media and civil society organizations in Latin America and Ecuador is established. This information describes and analyzes the new regulatory framework (Communications Law and Executive Decree No. 16) through expert opinions and achievements that these legal instruments have had in three specific cases: Radio La Voz de Ingapirca, Radio Sonoonda, and the Confederation of towns of Kicwhua nationality Ecuador, Ecuarunari. With the description of this scenario the bases to review the implementation of this regulatory framework are, in a way, a new paradigm in establishing communication regulations.