Los medios comunitarios y las reformas a la ley orgánica en comunicación en Ecuador.

Abstract

In Ecuador, since the 2008 Constitution, the right to inclusive, intercultural and participatory communication is guaranteed, the creation of means of communication is also stipulated to guarantee this right, in addition to access to the frequencies of the radio spectrum under equal conditions for guarantee its operation and open spaces where citizens have the possibility to freely access the information provided by the media and interact with it by exchanging information, content, opinions without violating human rights. However, this right has not been materialized for the community media since, since the creation of the Organic Law of Communication (LOC), only its legal recognition has been achieved, leaving aside the tripartite redistribution and other rights that guarantee the creation of more community media where the diversity of voices is disseminated from the communities, communities, organizations, peoples and nationalities to which the community media respond because their objective is not only to inform and entertain but also to educate, raise awareness in a way that allows the strengthening of cultural identities, respect for human rights and the diversity existing in Ecuador. In this sense, the present work collects all the information from its own actors, for the respective analysis, which makes visible the contribution of the community media in the reform of a law that guarantees the democratization of communication.