MEDIA LITERACY AND DISABILITY: DOCUMENT ANALYSIS OF SCIENTIFIC LITERATURA IN WEB OF SCIENCE (WOS) AND SCOPUS

The necessity of considering media literacy as a basic right for citizens and as a key factor to overcome the barriers that make it difficult for groups with disabilities to get access to technological devices and virtual environments is a fundamental element to achieve social and digital inclusion with this sector of the population in the information and knowledge society. Based on this approach, this bibliographic review has the purpose of examining the main trends in the production of scientific literature in the field of media literacy and disability. After a first stage of searching and reviewing articles, 1634 documents about media literacy were found in Web of Science and 1852 in Scopus, and after a limitation through the "disability" descriptor, the number was reduced to 9 and 7 documents respectively. The results of document analysis show that studies about media literacy are not yet spread in research about disability, therefore it is necessary to carry on researching in this field in order to contribute to scientific and social progress, as well as the e-inclusion of this collective in society.