Citizen participation in community radio in the central region of Ecuador

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Community radio is presented as an emancipatory proposal of the peoples, which opens communicational channels in the public sphere, towards intercultural dialogue. This research uses qualitative methodologies to analyze the work done by community radio stations in the central region of Ecuador in order to promote social progress, through the promotion of participatory processes that guarantee content that satisfies social demands. Finally, it is determined that in addition to the well-known economic problem, it is evident that there are no horizontal communication strategies that facilitate the empowerment of citizens around the media. The Organic Law on Communication does not diversify community radio stations so that, based on their differences, an equitable intervention in the radioelectric spectrum is promoted. Likewise, it does not promote the empowerment of people as volunteers. The issue of training is a need that can be satisfied from the academy.

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