RT Journal Article
T1 Perception of Civil Society on the Curricular Integration of Media Competence: Challenges and Opportunities in Latin America
A1 Rojas Estrada, Elizabeth Guadalupe
A1 García Ruiz, Rosa
A1 Aguaded, José Ignacio
AB Media Competence (MC) enables citizens to efficiently utilize information and communication technologies, for both consuming and producing content, in order to participate in digital society in a responsible and reflective manner. Its integration in the curriculum requires inter-sectorial collaboration, which includes not only education authorities, but also key actors such as Civil Society Organizations (CSO). The present study examines the perception of CSO with regard to the integration of MC in the curriculum of basic education in Latin American countries. For this, a survey was designed that was stored in a digital platform. It was completed by 63 CSO from fourteen different countries. The main findings indicate that: a) the CSO recognize the importance of teaching MC and the associated challenges, such as the digital divide, the lack of political will, and the lack of understanding of the concept by the population in general; and b) they contribute through the creation of education resources and the teaching of classes for teachers and other vulnerable groups; however, it is crucial to strengthen the network of collaboration with other groups of interest, prioritize MC in their agendas, and ensure that CSO receive training in this area.
PB Springer
SN 0957-8765
SN 1573-7888 (electrónica)
YR 2025
FD 2025-01
LK https://hdl.handle.net/10272/24748
UL https://hdl.handle.net/10272/24748
LA eng
NO Rojas-Estrada, E.-G., García-Ruiz, R., & Aguaded, I. (2025). Perception of Civil Society on the Curricular Integration of Media Competence: Challenges and Opportunities in Latin America. In VOLUNTAS: International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit Organizations. Springer Science and Business Media LLC. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11266-024-00710-2
NO Funding for open access publishing: Universidad de Huelva/CBUA. This work is conducted within the support of the R + D Project ‘‘Alfabetización mediática y digital en jóvenes y adolescentes: Diagnóstico y estrategias de innovación educativa para prevenir riesgos y fomentar buenas prácticas en la Red,’’ financed by the Consejería de Universidades, Igualdad, Cultura y Deporte of Gobierno de Cantabria, the R&D Project ‘‘Research, design and implementation of a curricular proposal for teacher training in media literacy in the Euro-American context’’ of the Call for Knowledge Generation Projects 2023 (code PID2023-146288NB-I00) of the Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities of Spain, and the Project ‘The Alfamed Curriculum: Research and implementation of a proposal for teacher training in media education in IberoAmerica’ in the Research and Transfer Policy Strategy of the University of Huelva’ (Spain) (EPIT 2023) (code EPIT16132023). E. G. RojasEstrada [CVU 1229049] is thankful to Conahcyt (Mexico) for the scholarship granted under the ‘‘Doctorados en Ciencias y Humanidades en el Extranjero 2022’’ call.
DS Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Huelva
RD 30 may 2026