Editorial: Training readers and writers for a multimodal and multimedia society: cognitive aspects

Abstract

This Research Topic includes 10 articles belonging to the educational, psychological, and linguistic fields with researchers from different universities in Chile, China, and Spain. The articles have been published in the “Psychology of Language,” “Educational Psychology,” and “Cognition” sections of the journal Frontiers in Psychology, and the “Language, Culture, and Diversity” section of the journal Frontiers in Education.

Modern societies have made steady progress in creating a literate population. The majority of people can now access a wide range of resources using their reading and writing skills thanks to significant efforts, but are we really ready for the information age? Are educational institutions promoting information literacy? Are personal skills being considered? Are we really critical thinkers? This Research Topic provides an overview of the latest studies, covering issues from the individual to the group, from the skills of the subject to how best to develop them in the classroom.