Las competencias mediáticas de profesores y estudiantes universitarios. Comparación de niveles en España, Portugal, Brasil y Venezuela

  1. Luis M. Romero-Rodríguez 1
  2. Paloma Contreras-Pulido 2
  3. M. Amor Pérez-Rodríguez 3
  1. 1 Universidad Rey Juan Carlos
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    Universidad Rey Juan Carlos

    Madrid, España

    ROR https://ror.org/01v5cv687

  2. 2 Universidad Internacional de La Rioja
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    Universidad Internacional de La Rioja

    Logroño, España

    ROR https://ror.org/029gnnp81

  3. 3 Universidad de Huelva
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    Universidad de Huelva

    Huelva, España

    ROR https://ror.org/03a1kt624

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Journal:
Culture and Education, Cultura y Educación

ISSN: 1135-6405,  1578-4118

Year of publication: 2019

Issue Title: "Fak news" y educación

Volume: 31

Issue: 2

Pages: 346-368

Type: Article

DOI: 10.1080/11356405.2019.1597564 DIALNET GOOGLE SCHOLAR

More publications in: Culture and Education, Cultura y Educación

Abstract

Media competencies are a set of skills that every individual should possess in order to be able to consume and produce media and digital and information products in a critical and analytical way. This exploratory and comparative work analyses the level of media competence among 1,676 university students and 524 professors in Brazil, Spain, Portugal and Venezuela. One of the main results shows that the level of knowledge of technology and interaction — which is linked to digital competencies — does not depend solely on age, thus contradicting theories of digital natives and migrants. Our study also found that the general level of media competence is no better than medium to low when considering language, technology, interaction, production and dissemination, ideology and values, and aesthetics. These results point to the need to develop transversal actions for instructing both university professors and students in media competencies to face an ecosystem dominated by fake news and disinformation, as well as public policies directed at improving these skills among citizens at large.

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This research forms part of the work carried out by the Alfamed group (Euro-American Interuniversity Network for Research on Media Competencies for Citizens), with the support of the Coordinated I+D+I Project called ‘Citizens’ Media Competencies in emerging digital media (smartphones and tablets): innovative practices and educommunication strategies in multiple contexts’ (EDU2015-64015-C3-1-R) (MINECO/FEDER), and of the ‘Media Education Network’ of the State Programme for the Promotion of Excellence in Scientific-Technical Research, the State Subprogram for Knowledge Generation (EDU2016-81772-REDT), financed by FEDER (European Regional Development Fund) and Spain’s Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness. / Esta investigación forma parte del trabajo realizado por el grupo Alfamed (Red Interuniversitaria Euroamericana de Investigación en Competencias Mediáticas para la Ciudadanía) con el apoyo del proyecto coordinado de I+D+I ‘Competencias mediáticas de la ciudadanía en medios digitales emergentes (smartphones y tabletas): practicas innovadoras y estrategias

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