Competencias digitales para la inclusión ciudadana: una propuesta desde la ruralidad

Abstract

In the rural parish of El Retiro, the use of digital skills by citizens depends on their housing sector, age, activity or the work they do. Being a rural area, not everyone has access to the internet immediately. That is why some areas are affected, such as citizen participation for better governance and defense of community rights. Based on these aspects, a characterization of the use of digital skills currently possessed by the inhabitants of this rural sector was carried out, taking into account the opinion of parish managers and citizens over 16 years of age who participate in the election of their parish representatives. With this information, the respective analysis was carried out on how this weakness affects the processes of active digital citizenship in the intervention and resolution of the problems of their community. Opinions were recorded through surveys and interviews to determine if the little use of digital media in rural areas and the disadvantages that the lack of knowledge about digital skills entails, leads to an active social intervention not being applied at decision-making levels such as stated in the Constitution of the Republic of Ecuador itself.