Una propuesta de dieta digital: repensando el consumo mediático en la era de la hiperconectividad

Abstract

The current communicational scenario is characterised by the information overload. This is definitely a distinctive feature of our age, together with the culture of speed. The increasing implementation of digital technology and the widespread of mobile devices with internet access (smartphones, tablets, etc.) have brought about the idea of `total conectivity’ not only as a technically feasible state but also as a desirable one. All this has converged into a situation in which the average citizen has to deal with an enormous amount of information. Thus, his media consumption runs the risk of deriving on ‘information obesity’ as he is uncapable of digesting so much data which is constantly reaching him and ultimately appears to be of very low quality. In opposition to this, this paper stands for the proposal of a ‘digital diet’. We do expose some interesting habits for media consumption within the framework of ‘slow communication’ and we conclude that ‘digital diet’ seems a rather advisable practice in the context of media literacy.