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Citizenship and work in the information society: an approach based on the Information Literacy

The present article aims at promoting a reflection about the subjects Citizenship and Work. The themes are related to the need of developing information literacy as an element of transformation of the individual from the Political Economy of Information perspective. Information literacy is defined; its benefits, challenges are mentioned as well as its importance as an element capable of providing the individual insertion in Information Society not only as a passive information consumer, but also as an active agent of changes.

Information Literacy; Economy Politics of the Information; Citizenship; Work; Information Society


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