Media and information literacy: Interference and perspective in Latin America. Interview with Guillermo Orozco, researcher in communication

Abstract

Guillermo Orozco is a renowned Mexican academic, Doctor of Education (Harvard University), emeritus member of the National Research System and coordi-nator of the Chair of Informational Media Literacy and Intercultural Dialogue (University of Guadala-jara and UNESCO-UNAOC (United Nations Alli-ance of Civilizations He has developed audio-visual reception and literacy studies, focusing on produc-tion, mediation and pedagogical intervention strate-gies with the media, especially television. His contri-butions are a reference for communication and edu-cation professionals in Latin America. He has au-thored and co-authored a number of books, among which: Television and production of meanings (1994), Audiences, Television and Education (2001), Reception and mediations (2002), Proximity televi-sion in the transmedia environment (2017), etc.