Postphotography and the media and information ecosystem of university students Cases in Mexico and Bolivia

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Alejandra Olivio
Jesús Lau
Luz Edith Herrera Díaz

Abstract

University students carry out post-photographic practices on a daily basis, using a range of media that prioritize interaction, which affects their learning processes. This technological-social phenomenon is the focus of this article, which explores the relationship with photographic images, their circulation and the changes that these triggers. Social networks, on the other hand, have become the communication channels of human activity, configuring their communication dynamics, where photographic images have a new logic of representation of reality.


The study identified the media and instruments of communication and information that made up the media and informational ecosystem of the students surveyed, as well as the characteristics of their post-photographic activity, based on the application of a survey to 552 students from seven public and private higher education institutions in Mexico and Bolivia.


Through an empirical study with a quantitative approach, the analysis allowed us to recognize that social networks have an impact not only on the dynamics of communication and socialization, but also on common practices for accessing different types of information, including academic information.  Photography is, in turn, one of the main elements in the decision-making process regarding the consultation or selection of content, as well as a fundamental part of the socio-communicative processes.

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DIGITAL CULTURES IN SOCIAL NETWORKS

Author Biographies

Alejandra Olivio, University of Veracruz (UV)

Professor of the Faculty of Plastic Arts and Ph.D. Student of Program in Educational Systems and Environments (DSAE).

University of Veracruz (UV), Faculty of Plastic Arts, 189 Ignacio Zaragoza Avenue, Veracruz, Mexico, 91700.

Contact: golivio@uv.mx

Research interests: Photography, Digital Media, Media and Information Literacy, Visual Literacy

Notable references: Visual Literacy Skills: Techniques, Evaluation and Study Instrument (2021); Contemporary Art: The Exhibition, The Agents and the Creation of the Discourse (2017).

Jesús Lau, University of Veracruz (UV)

Researcher member of the Basic Academic Core of the Doctorate in Educational Systems and Environments (DSAE).

University of Veracruz (UV), Faculty of Pedagogy

Mailing address:  Jesús Reyes Heroles Street, Veracruz, Mexico, 94294.

Contact: jlau@uv.mx

Research interests: Educational Models and Environments, Media and Information Literacy, Information Sciences.

Relevant references: IFLA Information Literacy Guidelines; UNESCO MIL Global Assessment Framework.Universidade de Veracruz (UV)

Luz Edith Herrera Díaz, University of Veracruz (UV)

Researcher member of the Basic Academic Core of the Doctorate in Educational Systems and Environments (DSAE).

University of Veracruz (UV), CADI USBI Veracruz,  Jesús Reyes Heroles Street, Veracruz, Mexico, 94294.

Contact: luherrera@uv.mx

Research interests: Knowledge and Learning Networks, Self-access, Autonomous Learning, Oral Skills

Notable references: Member of the Editorial Board of the MEXTESOL Journal magazine, of the Mexican Association of Teachers of English, since 2008; Member of the Scientific Committee of the magazine HOW: A Colombian Journal for Teachers of English, of the Colombian Association of Teachers of English (ASOCOPI), since 2012; Member of the Review Committee of the Interchange book series (Intro, 1, 2, and 3), 4th Ed. of the Cambridge University Press Publishing House

How to Cite

Olivio, A., Lau, J., & Herrera Díaz, L. E. (2022). Postphotography and the media and information ecosystem of university students: Cases in Mexico and Bolivia. Journal ICONO 14, 20(2). https://doi.org/10.7195/ri14.v20i2.1878

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