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Skills of Digital Literacy to Address the Risks of Interactive Communication

Skills of Digital Literacy to Address the Risks of Interactive Communication

Isabel Rodríguez-de-Dios, Juan-José Igartua
ISBN13: 9781522534174|ISBN10: 1522534172|EISBN13: 9781522534181
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-3417-4.ch034
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Rodríguez-de-Dios, Isabel, and Juan-José Igartua. "Skills of Digital Literacy to Address the Risks of Interactive Communication." Information and Technology Literacy: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications, edited by Information Resources Management Association, IGI Global, 2018, pp. 621-632. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-3417-4.ch034

APA

Rodríguez-de-Dios, I. & Igartua, J. (2018). Skills of Digital Literacy to Address the Risks of Interactive Communication. In I. Management Association (Ed.), Information and Technology Literacy: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications (pp. 621-632). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-3417-4.ch034

Chicago

Rodríguez-de-Dios, Isabel, and Juan-José Igartua. "Skills of Digital Literacy to Address the Risks of Interactive Communication." In Information and Technology Literacy: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications, edited by Information Resources Management Association, 621-632. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2018. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-3417-4.ch034

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Abstract

New technologies are fully integrated into the lives of children, so every day they spend more and more time using them. It is noteworthy that technologies offer many opportunities and benefits for children, but they are also associated with disadvantages and dangers. For this reason, parents and educators fear that children could suffer any of the network risks: exposure to pornography, cyberbullying, sexual harassment or grooming, sexting, contact with strangers, and impersonation. In this situation, the authors should not deprive minors of the use of digital technologies. Nevertheless, the solution is to provide them with digital skills so they become digital literate and can use these tools safely. Therefore, through this study they sought to identify the skills that compound digital literacy: technological or instrumental, communication, information, critical, and security. Finally, the authors propose the implementation of a literacy intervention with the aim of providing the children with these skills.

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