Critical Thinking, Media, and Smart Technologies: Edu-Communication the New Frontier of Digital Literacy

Contemporary societies are increasingly shaped by participative and interconnected logics, with digital platforms playing a key role in reshaping social, cultural, and economic interactions. These platforms are spaces for exchange and the redefinition of data flows, where two- way interaction between consumption and production is central. Digital platforms have gained importance in education, especially through media literacy programs. This article explores the diffusion of edu- communication in Latin America, based on liberative education, popular communication, and cultural studies. It analyzes edu- communication as a tool to enhance intersubjectivity, focusing on the individual and media interactions, and reframing socio- cultural practices with political implications. The article is divided into three parts: challenges of digital media in education, the need for new media education, and the Latin American perspective on edu- communication.