The analysis of the editorial process in an information and media literacy platform that promotes intercultural awareness: postscript magazine

Résumé

This article explores the relations of intercultural factors that are inherent and rarely detached to the process of learning a second language. The study was carried out in the developmental frame of an extracurricular project of a Colombian higher education program in bilingualism. The notions of interculturality presented here are drawn from an editorial team of a magazine called the PostScript and these serve as a diagnosis that grounds the first phase of a research process about the development of intercultural awareness of pre-service English teachers. Using interviews, reflection logs, and the stimulated recall method, it was found that the editors of the magazine have an incipient awareness and intercultural competence that allowed them to build a cultural identity projected in the products of the magazine. Furthermore, it was found that PostScript operates as an information and media literacy platform that promotes intercultural awareness in the process of bilingual education.