ENCRUCIJADAS DE LA COMPETENCIA MEDIÁTICA Y LA CIUDADANÍA: USO Y CONSUMO DE APLICACIONES EDUCATIVAS.

The authors study media education as a necessity which is essential for the development of the digital and media competence and the construction of citizenship. In this paper they study the possibilities of certain applications and tools aimed at the field of education in relation to the implications of use and privacy for the user, the teacher first, and specially, the students. The analysis reveals how a uncritical use can result in the sale of private information to companies and the loss of privacy of the user. For this reason, the authors argue the need for curricular integration of media education as a base for the responsible exercise of citizenship in democratic societies. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]