Alfabetización mediática en Educación Primaria. Perspectiva internacional del nivel de competencia mediática

ABSTRACT: The knowledge society requires media literacy education of citizens, who need to be critical and responsible as receivers and producers of information. School addresses media competence as a key tool that provides the knowledge, skills, and attitudes citizens need to be competent before th...

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Authors: García-Ruiz, Rosa|||0000-0003-1445-6968, Matos, Armanda Pinto da Mota, Arenas Fernández, Arturo, Ugalde, Cecilia
Format: article
Publication Date:2020
Country:España
Institution:Universidad de Cantabria (UC)
Repository:UCrea Repositorio Abierto de la Universidad de Cantabria
Language:Spanish
OAI Identifier:oai:repositorio.unican.es:10902/19071
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10902/19071
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:Alfabetización mediática
Competencia mediática
Educación primaria
Diagnóstico
Medios digitales
Media Literacy
Media competence
Primary education
Diagnosis
Digital media
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Summary:ABSTRACT: The knowledge society requires media literacy education of citizens, who need to be critical and responsible as receivers and producers of information. School addresses media competence as a key tool that provides the knowledge, skills, and attitudes citizens need to be competent before the mass and digital media. This work presents the results of a study with 3,782 students, aged between 9 and 12 years from 7 countries, which aimed to diagnose their level of media competence, in order to design educational strategies that respond to the needs identified. The measuring instrument was an on-line questionnaire validated for primary education students. The level of media competence detected is medium-low in the 7 countries, especially in the processes of production and dissemination of content on the Internet, related to network security. More efforts are required, mainly in Brazil, Equator, and Peru to improve their children's and young people's media competence. The obtained results reveal the need to establish a plan to improve citizen's media competence from an early age.