Scientific Studies on Literacy and Digital Literacy Indexed in Scopus: A Literature Review (2000-2013)

Abstract

<p>This article is a literature review of scientific studies published on literacy and digital literacy from 2000 to 2013. The aim is to provide a quantitative and qualitative analysis of these studies based on the data obtained from the Scopus citation database. The data analyzed are: the evolution of the number of scientific studies on literacy and digital literacy in the period between 2000 and 2013; the number and nationality of authors with 3 or more published scientific works on these two concepts have during this period; and predominant research lines on the concepts of literacy and digital literacy over this period of 13 years. Based on this literature review, we can state that the most investigated literacy processes are those related to Web 2.0 practices.</p>