Skills of Digital Literacy to Address the Risks of Interactive Communication

Published in Journal of Information Technology Research, 2016

Recommended citation: Rodríguez de Dios, I., & Igartua, J. J. (2016) Skills of Digital Literacy to Address the Risks of Interactive Communication. Journal of Information Technology Research, 9 (1), 54-64. https://doi.org/10.4018/JITR.2016010104

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. In this situation, the authors suggest that we 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.

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Recommended citation: Rodríguez de Dios, I., & Igartua, J. J. (2016) Skills of Digital Literacy to Address the Risks of Interactive Communication. Journal of Information Technology Research, 9 (1), 54-64.