2020
DOI: 10.1177/2042753020946291
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What is digital literacy? A comparative review of publications across three language contexts

Abstract: Many scholars across the world have studied the knowledge, skills and dispositions needed to use digital media. Yet as digital texts have proliferated and evolved, there has been much conjecture over what it means to be ‘digitally literate’. As literacy researchers from Australia, Sweden and Argentina we are concerned with the drive to standardise definitions of ‘digital literacy’ despite notable differences in the cultural politics of education in each country. This paper analyses how the term digital literac… Show more

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“…Furthermore, in this current situation, schools still continue to educate students through online education and distance learning. Digital literacy appears to focus most intently on digital technologies (Pangrazio et al, 2020).…”
Section: Resultsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Furthermore, in this current situation, schools still continue to educate students through online education and distance learning. Digital literacy appears to focus most intently on digital technologies (Pangrazio et al, 2020).…”
Section: Resultsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Digital competence is not a new theoretical and practical construct. We encountered the term in reference to ICT literacy in the literature ever since the commercialisation of the first personal computers [39,40]. With the development of information society, including the rise in popularity of various e-services, this concept is also increasingly prominent in the pedagogical literature [41,42].…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…In this context, it is often emphasized that 'digital literacy' or 'digital competence' and 'data literacy' require key skills for individuals to be able to navigate this consent process in a selfdetermined and informed way. These skills comprise, inter alia: the practical and cognitive ability to use apps and devices as intended; understanding the flow of personal data streams from apps and devices to service providers; or understanding the difference between opt-out and opt-in when determining the use of one's data (Buckingham, 2010;Olson & Torrance, 2014;Pangrazio et al, 2020;Prado & Marzal, 2013). To support the acquisition of such skills, users need to be educated about the functionalities of apps and devices, about the importance of understanding how their data is being used, how this could potentially harm them and what safeguards could be taken.…”
Section: Vulnerabilitymentioning
confidence: 99%