The media incidence in the development of cultural identity in communitarians, Wasakín, Rosita Municipality 2015-2016

Abstract

By using the CCRISAC methodology, the research was carried out in Wasakin community, through a process of coexistence with the elderly and community leaders. The sociocultural context in which communitarians live, show that customs and traditions have changed over the years, from the forms of territorial organization and governance, respect for the communal authorities as well as the substitution of their mother tongue sumu-tuahka for the miskitu. The study confirms that televisión responds to a commercial profile and TV programming transmitted in Spanish and English, and therefore, to a culture different from that of indigenous peoples. They are means of communication that have penetrated the social fabric, making an impact on the ways of life, practices and attitudes of the people who watch them. Both televisión and radio broke schemes and were incorporated into the familiar daily life of the territory. Particularly, it is striking that televisión has become an important part of culture, as it is observed that images alter people’s emotions and spaces, stimulate oral and visual narratives and transform the cultural practices of the community.