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Communication as a Democratic Strategy in the Republic of Ecuador

Abstract:

Communication is a determining element in the development of any democracy, since it allows political parties to define and present their positions to their citizens. On the other hand, as professionals and teachers of communication, we are forced to establish a relationship between the theoretical analysis that is taught in the Universities and the social reality in which that theoretical knowledge is going to be encouraged. In some way, communication can also mean recognition of democratic values, which for forty years have built, apart from officialdom, the civilized conscience of Ecuadorians. This civilized and mature behavior of citizens is frequently spoken of. What is not recognized at official levels is that this civilized formation has not come from official bodies, which through the media have tried to maintain a wrong conception of democratic processes. The authentic formation of civics has been carried out by the citizen political forces and a good number of independent professionals of culture and communication.