The media reach the majority of the population. Therefore, they have the ability to influence people's decisions and opinions. The first newspaper that circulated in Ecuador was Primicias de la Cultura de Quito, edited by Eugenio Espejo in 1791. The oldest newspaper still in circulation is El Telégrafo, founded in Guayaquil in 1884. The first radio station was Radio El Prado, from Riobamba, in the 1930s. The first television broadcast in Ecuador occurred in 1959. Depending on your interests, you can build an image of a stable or unstable, safe or insecure, diverse or homogeneous society. It depends on the intention of each medium.
