Multiliteracy trends in the twenty-first century: Media and Information Literacy (AMI) as integrative proposal

The evolution of the concept of literacy was the result of the transition from an oral culture to a written one. This study examined the major trends multiliteracy early twenty-first century. Documentary analysis and bibliometric method were combined to analyze the evolution of literacy through documents that establish its foundation guidelines and the scientific production behavior per year in the first decade of the XXI century. Media Literacy and Information literacy have an important place above the rest of expression. The multimedia literacy is little addressed in the literature, as a process of training competences on reception and production of messages, from the convergence of languages and media. The notion of Media and Information Literacy (AMI) is the main trend that integrates the various literacies that promote active participation in the construction and transformation of the individual and society.

Multiliteracies; Multimedia Literacy; Media Literacy; Information Literacy; Media and Information Literacy (MIL).