Media literacy: Digital skills in Communication

Abstract

Today, media literacy in our society is no longer a distant horizon, but an intrinsic necessity for development in harmony with the environment. Broadly speaking, it refers to the ability to read, analyze, evaluate, and produce digital forms of communication. It involves understanding how media are created, distributed, consumed, and interpreted. Media literacy is important because media influence how we think and behave as individuals and as a society. In this sense, digital skills are the skills needed to use digital technology effectively. Digital literacy includes skills such as surfing the web, emailing, working with digital files, using social networks and applications, and protecting privacy and security online. Digital skills are important because digital technologies are increasingly present in our daily lives and at work.

Therefore, digital literacy must be fully implemented not only in the university environment, but also in teachers and learners, as well as in each one of the citizens who make up an advanced society that is almost defined as technological.