New Media Challenges: Media Literacy and Digital Citizenship

Flashcards covering key vocabulary and concepts from a lecture on New Media Challenges, focusing on media literacy, social media literacy, online privacy, and addressing online hate speech and harmful body image pressures.

Media Literacy

The ability to access, analyze, evaluate, and create messages/content across a variety of contexts.

Access (Media Literacy)

The ability to access and use media and its features, viewed as a dynamic and social process.

Analysis (Media Literacy)

The ability to analyze media content, such as underlying goals, narration, and meaning, requiring competence in relevant cultural traditions and values.

Evaluation (Media Literacy)

The ability to distinguish dated, biased, fake, or exploitative sources, and to select intelligently when overwhelmed by information.

Create (Media Literacy)

The ability to create and design messages, being aware of audience, impact, and consequences.

Social Media Literacy (SMILE) Model

A model focusing on how users mitigate risks and maximize opportunities on social media.

Cognitive Structures (Social Media Literacy)

Sets of organized knowledge in the user’s memory that provide sufficient resources to process social media content adequately.

Affective Structures (Social Media Literacy)

Sets of organized emotions in the users’ memory which guide (spontaneous) emotions in response to using social media

Core Competencies (Social Media Literacy)

Finding and accessing social media platforms, critically evaluating content, generating creative content, reflecting on behavior, and developing prosocial norms.

Media Balance

Reflecting and using social media in a positive and balanced way.

Cyberbullying (Media Literacy)

Identifying signs of cyberbullying and practicing how to respond.

Privacy (Media Literacy)

Positively shaping digital footprints and managing privacy.

Advertisement (Media Literacy)

Identifying and coping with advertisements on social media.

News (Media Literacy)

Evaluating and responding to (fake) news on social media.

Phishing (Media Literacy)

Identifying and taking action against phishing scams on social media.

Factual Knowledge (Online Privacy Literacy)

Knowledge about economic, technical, and legal aspects of online privacy and data protection.

Procedural Knowledge (Online Privacy Literacy)

Knowledge about privacy and data protection strategies, such as how to restrict access to information.

Digital Citizenship (Against Online Hate Speech)

Participatory-moral abilities to judge right from wrong online behavior; motivation to follow online rules; and behavior to treat others fairly online.