Impacto de la tecnología en la sociedad: el caso de Ecuador

Abstract

Technological advances condition the way of interacting and communicating in postmodern societies. In this research, both analyzes are accomplished, one qualitative that covers the comparative study of the benefits and shortcomings of the use of different technologies; and a quantitative one, in which a survey is carried out in order to analyze the impacts of technology on society, as well as to investigate the use of mobile telephony and social networks in situations of interpersonal communication. The results reveal that half of young university students in Ambato feel annoyed when their interlocutor prefers virtual rather than personal communication, concomitant to the fact that the semi-permanent connected state can not be cut off. The use -and abuse- of technologies and connection to social networks studied indicates a lack of control over them.