Ibero-American references in Media Information Literacy (MIL)

• Published in: Alteridad (Cuenca, Ecuador) Vol. 19; no. 1; pp. 70 - 81
• Main Authors: Romero-Romero, Jhison E, Gómez, Ángel Hernando, Islas, Octavio
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Cuenca Universidad Politécnica Salesiana del Ecuador 01-01-2024
• Subjects: Bibliometrics; Citation indexes; Humanities; Information literacy; Learning Processes; Media literacy; Modularity; Teaching Methods
• ISSN: 1390-325X; 1390-8642
• DOI: 10.17163/alt.v19n1.2024.06

This review article presents the theoretical basis of contributions, lines of research and approaches that exist from the IberoAmerican point of view, with the aim of showing quantitatively the main Ibero-American exponents on Media and Information Literacy [MIL], the results are the product of a search in the WoS, in the category Arts & Humanities Citation Index [AHCI], using Media Literacy and Media and Information Literacy filters; the results are stored in a database that is debugged and then analyzed in the VOSviewer bibliometric software; the types of analysis are co-authored, with the Association Strengh and Ling/Long Modularity methods; the information is presented in tables and bibliometric networks; visualizing the level of association and density given by author and country. The results show Spain with the largest number of researchers with publications in high-impact journals, showing different approaches to MIL and its impact on contemporary society from the educational, political, economic and technological fields; its contribution combines criteria on the need to implement teaching-learning processes supported in ICT to innovate the educational field since digital media do not cause changes by themselves is necessary government collaboration in Latin America; the Ibero-American referents of the MIL are Ignacio Aguaded, Luis Miguel Romero Rodríguez, Rosa García Ruiz, Amor Pérez Rodríguez.