Media or information literacy in education

Fuster-Guillén D.; Vargas I.M.; Garay J.P.P.; Shuan R.L.C. · RISTI - Revista Iberica de Sistemas e Tecnologias de Informacao (2023)

Resumen

The objective of the research is to make known the importance of media literacy in education, where the analysis and understanding of the messages transmitted by different media is promoted, interpreting them for better decision making. A bibliographic review was presented, where different databases were used, such as: Scopus, Wos, Dialnet, Redalyc, researches from the year 2000 to 2020, there were 40 validated researches due to the importance of the information and articles of English and Spanish languages were considered. It is concluded that media literacy is crucial in basic and higher education, which are responsible for providing the so-called media education, in which media knowledge is established in students based on their exegesis of information. In short, the goal of media education is the responsible, reflective and critical handling of information.

Instituciones: Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos