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Public media in ecuador: When democracy in not enough for everyone

Abstract:

Starting in 2010, the boom in public media began in Ecuador, with the creation of 7 public media and the seizure of 11 other media. Currently, the Public Company of Public Media (Public Media EP) that administered them closed, the current government argues that the cause is the health crisis caused by COVID-19. This article performs a chronological-deductive analysis on the processes of administration of public media. Identify the main causes that made themunsustainable, but also their contribution to the Ecuadorian journalistic work. It concludes with the analysis of the Organic Communication Law (LOC-2013) and its reforms.