Abstract

GONZALEZ, Arturo Luque  and  HERRERO GARCIA, Noelia. Impact of technology on society: The case of Ecuador. Universidad y Sociedad [online]. 2019, vol.11, n.5, pp. 176-182.  Epub Dec 02, 2019. ISSN 2218-3620.

Technological advances condition the way of interacting and communicating in postmodern societies. In this research, both analysis are accomplished, the first 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 impact 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 cannot be cut off. The use -and abuse- of technologies and connection to social networks studied indicates a lack of control over them.

Keywords : Technology; communication; education; impact; social networks.

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