Ideología política, populismo, alfabetización informacional y pensamiento crítico: desafíos para el futuro profesorado

Lydia Sánchez; Sergio Villanueva Baselga; Adrien Faure-Carvallo

doi:10.4185/rlcs-2024-2268

Authors

Lydia Sánchez University of Barcelona https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7814-0087
Sergio Villanueva Baselga University of Barcelona https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4447-151X
Adrien Faure-Carvallo University of Barcelona https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6065-5186

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.4185/rlcs-2024-2268

Keywords:

populism, ideology, information literacy, critical thinking, teachers' education

Abstract

Introduction: In contemporary democratic societies, the escalating phenomena of information disorders and the addictive, detrimental use of media content, particularly digital media, have heightened the demand for education in this domain. This study aims to investigate the impact of political positioning and populist tendencies on information literacy, self-perceived critical thinking (APC), and the ability to detect fake news among Master's students in Secondary Education Teacher Training programs in Spain. This group plays a crucial role in shaping future citizens capable of critically utilizing information and media content. Methodology: Data were collected through a questionnaire administered to 716 students across 14 universities in Spain, and the statistical analysis was conducted using SPSS. Results: The findings reveal that individuals with populist tendencies exhibit lower levels of information literacy compared to non-populists. Additionally, those politically leaning further to the left demonstrate higher levels of self-perceived critical thinking and greater accuracy in detecting fake news, while populism does not appear to influence either of these latter variables. Conclusions: Emphasizing the necessity of addressing these dimensions separately in teacher education, the study underscores that information literacy and critical thinking, though valuable, do not ensure complete protection against misinformation and populist discourse due to the dominance of emotions in human cognition.

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Author Biographies

Lydia Sánchez, University of Barcelona

Lydia Sánchez is Associate Professor in Audiovisual Communication at the Faculty of Information and Audiovisual Media at the University of Barcelona. PhD in philosophy from Stanford University, she focuses her research on the democratic quality of the media, epistemology and communication theory. She is the principal investigator of the consolidated research group in Didactics of History, Geography and other Social Sciences, and Communication (DHIGECS-COM), member of the Centre de Recerca en Informació, Comunicació i Cultura (CRICC), and is part of the consolidated teaching innovation group in Communication and Audiovisual Media (In-COMAV). She is currently principal investigator of the Project: "Media Education and Information Diet as indicators of critical information analysis skills in aspiring teachers" (MEDIA4Teach).

lsanchezg@ub.edu

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Orcid ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7814-0087

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ResearchGate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Lydia-Sanchez-2

Sergio Villanueva Baselga, University of Barcelona

Sergio Villanueva Baselga is an associate professor at the Faculty of Information and Audiovisual Media. His research focuses on the study of the intersection between media, health and education from a transdisciplinary perspective, with special emphasis on the study of the disinformation phenomena. He is currently the Rector's Delegate for CHARM-EU.

sergio.villanueva@ub.edu

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Adrien Faure-Carvallo, University of Barcelona

PhD in Art History and Graduate in Musicology. Lecturer at the Faculty of Information and Audiovisual Media of the University of Barcelona (UB), member of the research group DHIGECS-COM (Didactics of History, Geography and other Social Sciences - Communication) and member of the Center for Research in Information, Communication and Culture (CRICC). His areas of study focus on the musical experience from the fields of education, sound technologies and audiovisuals.

adrienfaure@ub.edu

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