Institutional structure and informative poisoning: digital rights and political polarization in the Republic of Ecuador

  • Efrén Guerrero Salgado Pontifical Catholic University of Ecuador
Keywords: Collective action, human rights, surveillance, public order, conflictivity.

Abstract

The aim of this text is to demonstrate how collective action is limited by actors with enough political capital to take advantage socially accepted discourse to their advantage. It is intended to show that the scene of the tools of Web 2.0, there is a risk that the action of interest groups may be limited by legitimized politically speeches, which results in a loss of citizen control of political power and a probable violation of human rights.

Author Biography

Efrén Guerrero Salgado, Pontifical Catholic University of Ecuador

Licenciado en Ciencias Jurídicas y Abogado (PUCE). Máster en Protección de Derechos Humanos (Universidad de Alcalá). Máster Oficial en Gobierno y Administración Pública (Instituto Ortega y Gasset, Madrid). Profesor agregado en la Facultad de Jurisprudencia de la Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador. Doctorando en Gobierno y Administración Pública (Universidad Complutense de Madrid). Diplomático en Servicio Pasivo.Líneas de especialización: Calidad de la Democracia, Conflictividad Social, Interacciones Política Pública - Derechos Humanos.

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Published
2015-12-04
How to Cite
Guerrero Salgado, E. (2015). Institutional structure and informative poisoning: digital rights and political polarization in the Republic of Ecuador. Teknokultura. Revista de Cultura Digital Y Movimientos Sociales, 12(3), 527-548. https://doi.org/10.5209/rev_TK.2015.v12.n3.50185