"Journalist's mental health could predict their job change. This study aims at determining the prevalence of mental health issues and their association with perception of aptitude for covering emergencies and difficulty in seeing a corpse, and also to determine the mental health factors associated w ... ith job change. An ad hoc survey, GHQ-28 (Somatization, Anxiety-Insomnia, Social Dysfunction, Depression), MBI-P (Burnout, Emotional Exhaustion, Depersonalization, personal accomplishment) and Brief scale to diagnose Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and Suicide Risk were applied to 196 journalists (female = 51.6%). Descriptive analysis, correlations (Pearson and Spearman), T-test and binary logistic regression were performed. It was found that one third part of journalists perceive themselves as having low aptitude to cover emergencies and difficulty in seeing a corpse, 17.3% would consider changing jobs and 42.1% could only access free mental health services. The most frequent mental health problems are: low personal accomplishment, emotional exhaustion and post-traumatic stress disorder (11.2 to 17.3%). People who want to change jobs present more: social dysfunction, depression, emotional exhaustion, depersonalization, low personal accomplishment, post-traumatic stress disorder and suicide risk. The two mental health factors associated with desire of changing jobs are high emotional exhaustion, and low personal accomplishment. These results guide the psychosocial risk prevention processes for journalists, as well as the training needs that universities could consider to protect the mental health of this vulnerable group." (Abstract) more

"Este libro realiza un análisis situacional de la alfabetización mediática en Ecuador, a su vez procura agrupar los principales resultados obtenidos a través de numerosos estudios en las regiones y ciudades del país donde se ha determinado el nivel de competencia mediática en varios grupos de ... la sociedad ecuatoriana: estudiantes y profesores de escuelas, colegios y universidades. Se analiza también, la presencia de contenidos curriculares en los planes de estudio que en algunos casos incrementan el nivel de competencia mediática. Además, se examina la normativa que rige el desarrollo de la competencia mediática, tanto a nivel comunicacional y educativo, su visualización a nivel científico y las distintas aplicaciones y proyectos realizados como intentos de mejorar la situación actual en este tema." (Cubierta del libro) more