Building Global Citizenship in a Neoliberal Age: Convergences between Media Education and Digital Literacy

This paper reviews the concept of digital citizenship and argues that it cannot be guaranteed without confronting existing socioeconomic inequalities and making appropriate changes to the implementation of technology in education. We identify ongoing digital divides that a significant part of the school population faces and assert the need to review existing educational practices and to embark on the "re-professionalization" of teachers by incorporating new strategies for digital literacy and media education. The article concludes by suggesting that a viable project of digital citizenship is not possible without broader policies that confront ongoing conditions of social and cultural inequality.