Media and Information Literacy

Age What format/equipment did people use to communicate with other people? What format/equipment did people use to store information? What format/equipment did people use to share or broadcast information? Pre-Industrial Age Bells, gongs and other musical instruments Written letters Bells, gongs, and other musical instruments. Industrial Age Telegraph, etc. Punched cards, photographs Telegraphs, telephones, typewriters and phonographs Electronic Age Printing Presses, Telegraph, Radios, Telephone, TVs Telephones, computers, telegraphs, e-mails, laptops Typewriters(old version), telephones, telegraphs, computers, televisions, radios Information Age Computers, gadgets, telephones, televisions, social media, printing press Computer...

1.) Given the available media that we now have in the world, what are its roles and functions in a democratic society? ·     ---->  Nowadays, media plays a big role in our community, even in the whole world. Through media, we can communicate with others. We can share information, have assessments we were having, develop critical thinking, and help us to be socialized and effectively become well-beings. In short, media serves as the key to success. 2,) In what way does media affect your life (personal, professional, academic, social, others)? ·    ---->   Media affects my life in personal and social because through media, I can spend time talking to my friends and relatives far from me. In academic purposes, I use media as my references whenever we were having our subject homeworks and quizzes.

    If I were a journalist, my intended audience would be the sports lovers. I’ll be the one writing the articles to enhance my writing ability just to be aware of different sports. This is to inform my readers about the happenings inside the sports world, so they won’t be left behind. I will be writing about the different popular latest sports competitions taking place inside and out of our country and the facts would be based on the game, statistics, quotations from people involved and the scores. I would use play by play to satisfy the curiosity of my readers and for them to envision the exact game with my words. I’d be using the newspaper as a medium for my readers connect with my article because it is the traditional way of reading sports articles.

MISCONCEPTIONS: I thought that Technology Literacy only talks about the processes or ways on how to manage technology. I thought that Media and Information Literacy only talks about the proper ways on how to access and evaluate media information.

  Media or Information Provider          Number of Hours                                             Facebook                                                21                                             Youtube                                                14                                      Instagram         ...

In your opinion, what makes an individual literate in media and information? What activities / habits do you practice which illustrate media and information literacy? Give at least three examples.  Being literate in media and information is such a big role. An individual may be considered literate in media and information if they can properly understand and make their own opinions / decisions based on the media / information they consume. They are able to evaluate sources and they do not just base their understanding / opinions / decisions based on what others' reactions to the media / information are. There are certain activities / habits that I practice which show media and information literacy such as understanding how media works and processes. I am trying to understand properly the opinions / views of the people on social media. I am also free to evaluate and create my own ideas / decisions based on media and information.