Digital Literacy to parents in the use of social networks

Abstract

The present article has as objective to describe the process of digital literacy directed at the parents of family in the recognition and use of social networks,
in the educational institution Coopteboy O.C of the city of Tunja, Colombia. The study was a qualitative approach, type supported action research in the ecological model of Urie Bronfenbrenner (1987), the collection of information was carried out through the use of focus groups, participant observation described in the respective records and the stories as a technique of inquiry and reflection. The intervention process was based on the psychosocial approach of empowerment (Banda y Morales, 2015), using as an innovative strategy, the provision of the social service of teenagers of secondary of the educational institution, who digitally literate to their parents, under the accompaniment of
the researchers. The preliminary results allowed to evidence the lack of awareness among the parents with respect to the use, risks and benefits of social networks that use teenagers, therefore the parents have no control and surveillance strategies in regard to the use of these, validating the importance of literacy for parents in the use of social networks most used at present. The project achieves the acquisition of digital competences in the use of social networks and the recognition of the risks to which they are exposed both parents and young people in the network.