Survey on Media Literacy and AI-Generated Election Disinformation in Ecuador, 2025

Abel Suing's research dataset from 2026 investigates media and information literacy levels among vulnerable groups in Ecuador regarding AI-generated electoral disinformation. The dataset is based on a mixed-methods study involving a survey of 405 participants, 12 expert interviews, and 6 focus groups with 35 participants. The analysis includes descriptive statistics, non-parametric tests, correlations, and qualitative thematic analysis.

Use Cases

• Analyze correlations between demographic factors and disinformation detection capacity based on the survey data.
• Study the perceived impact of AI-generated content on democratic trust versus individual voting decisions as described in the results.
• Investigate differentiated vulnerabilities among rural groups, older adults, and women to digital political violence and disinformation.
• Model the relationship between the capacity to identify AI-generated content and the valuation of media literacy as a mitigation mechanism.

Strengths

• Dataset employs a mixed-methods approach combining quantitative survey data from 405 participants with qualitative insights from 12 expert interviews and 6 focus groups.
• Analysis includes descriptive statistics, non-parametric tests, correlations, and thematic analysis, suggesting a structured methodological foundation.
• Released under a permissive CC-BY-4.0 license, facilitating reuse and redistribution.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment for specific analytical tasks.
• The primary data file is a 79.5 KB DOCX document, which is a very small size and may contain only summary findings rather than raw data.

Provenance

Source

Abel Suing via figshare

Collection Method

Mixed-methods research executed through surveys, semi-structured interviews, and focus group discussions.

Time Range

Context references the 2025 presidential elections in Ecuador.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-18 05:35:58; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Ecuador, with relevance noted for Latin America.