Screens and Mobile Devices. A necessary education for childhood communication

Abstract

For decades, media literacy has become an increasingly developed field of research in Spain. This article refers to this development, with special emphasis on research on media competence. Evidence is collected of how the so-called influencers and their followers are increasingly. Young and their practices require analysis in the field of educcomunication.

In this article reflections are made and conclusions are advanced on some of the progress made in an ongoing investigation led by researchers from the University of Valladolid at the María Zambrano Campus in Segovia, in the Internética Project. Examples of the communicative practices of influential adolescents are collected and the opinions of young follower are also exposed.

Despite the abundant scientific literature and the numerous investigations carried out in recent years, the article describes how the curricula at the different education levels and the laws that have so far regulated and should regulate audiovisuals in Spain have nor had sufficiently into account all the advances made over the last decades. The article also echoes the complaint made at the end of 2021 by the Platform in favor of Educcommunication, the Spanish Association of Universities with information and Communication Degrees (ATIC) and the Spanish Association for Communication Research (AE-IC) That group has the majority of the Spanish communication teaching staff.