We don't need no education. Rethinking education in the age of social media.
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- Diana Salzano (IT) Universidad di Salerno
- Vera D’Antonio (IT) Sapienza Universidad di Roma
Abstract
Started out as a successful rhetoric, the concept of digital natives, which refers to the new generations born and raised in a mediascape characterized by the increasing pervasiveness of communication technologies, implies rethinking the supposed superiority in terms of competence in the use of technology and communication platforms of the natives compared with the immigrants – parents, teachers, previous generations in general. The digital native metaphor, indeed, evades a more careful reflection on the risks of loosening of the forms of mediation of the traditional agencies of socialization (school and family in the first place) to young people regarding the use of the digital media. This article aims to reflect on the necessity of implementing appropriate strategies for critical education that go under the name of media education or media literacy, without making the mistake of assuming that today's young people do not need no education, as we provocatively declared in the title.
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