Use educommunicative tools — the Critical Media Literacy Framework, the dialogic–critical method, and critical pedagogies — to build students' critical evaluation of information¶

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Description¶

The article recommends specific educommunicative tools for the classroom: the Critical Media Literacy Framework (Kellner and Share, 2019), the dialogic–critical method in educommunication (Bermejo Berros, 2021), and critical pedagogies. These tools "allow students to identify, question, and evaluate the veracity of information and understand the context in which it is produced," incorporating dialog as an educommunicative tool. Practices should prompt students to reflect on who is behind news, its intentions, ideology, sources, and how to compare it, addressing clickbait and incidentally received information.

Design Implications¶

Context¶

Requirements¶

• Teachers trained to guide students in responsible use of technologies and in critical analysis of media content

Constraints¶

• Experts note these approaches require moving beyond a purely technological focus in teacher training; the article reports current teacher training shortcomings hinder such integration

Target Learners¶

• University students
• Teacher trainees
• K-12 and higher education students

Target Learning Goals¶

• Verifying information and questioning sources
• Understanding power dynamics and ideology in media narratives
• Critical analysis of digital content
• Resisting misinformation and polarization

Affordances¶

• Integrated Participatory Critical Media Education Framework

Related Strategies¶

• Media Literacy Education
• Design educators should recognize and study learning in student-generated social media spaces rather than only the formal curriculum

Examples¶

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Key Sources¶

• Albardía MS, Peña-Fernández S and Agirreazkuenaga I (2025) Technology, education and critical media literacy: potential, challenges, and opportunities. Front. Hum. Dyn. 7:1608911. https://doi.org/10.3389/fhumd.2025.1608911