Media Information and Literacy intro

Communication

a process of exchanging meaningful messages through the use of common symbols.

Communication

a process of sharing ideas and opinions about issues, people, events, and places between or among persons through various channels with the intent to gain common understanding.

Media

• As a concept, this word is vaster and more diverse

Media

This comes from the word medium, ehich is defined as "channel" "means" or "method". p

Functions of Media

• Act as channels of information and knowledge.

• Facilitate informed debates between diverse social actors.

• Media provide us with immediate experience.

• Builds a sense of community.

• Media function as a watchdog of government in all its forms.

• Media are essential facilitators of democratic processes.

• Cultural expression and cultural cohesion within and between nations.

• Act as channels of information and knowledge.

• Facilitate informed debates between diverse social actors.

• Media provide us with immediate experience.

• Builds a sense of community.

• Media function as a watchdog of government in all its forms.

• Media are essential facilitators of democratic processes.

• Cultural expression and cultural cohesion within and between nations.

Functions of Media

Literacy

This term is defined as being "well-versed in a particular subject, lettered, erudite, conversant, informed, widely-read, enlightened, or well grounded

Basic Literacy

• It is the classic or conventional literacies of learning how to read, write, and perform numeric calculations

3 types of literacy

Information, Media, Technology

Information, Media, Technology

3 types of literacy

Information

• The use of all the pedagogical and educational tools that are appropriate to ensure that every person navigating on the digital networks can be informed and can inform about himself or herself.

Information

• Find data, sort them out, evaluate, produced and published them

Information

• Ability to access information; the evaluation, creation, and sharing of information and knowledge using various tools, formats, and channels.

Characteristics of the information literate person

a. Critical thinking b. Analyzing information and using it for self-expression c. Independent learning d. Producing e. Being informed citizens and professionals f. Participating in the governance and democratic processes of their societies g. Identifying/recognizing information needs. h. Identifying sources of information. i. Locating or retrieving information. j. Analyzing and assessing the quality of information. k. Organizing, storing, or archiving information. l. Using information in an ethical, efficient, and effective way. m. Creating and communicating new knowledge. n. Knowing when to stop information search.

a. Critical thinking b. Analyzing information and using it for self-expression c. Independent learning d. Producing e. Being informed citizens and professionals f. Participating in the governance and democratic processes of their societies g. Identifying/recognizing information needs. h. Identifying sources of information. i. Locating or retrieving information. j. Analyzing and assessing the quality of information. k. Organizing, storing, or archiving information. l. Using information in an ethical, efficient, and effective way. m. Creating and communicating new knowledge. n. Knowing when to stop information search.

Characteristics of the information literate person

Media

• _________ literacy is usually contextualized in accordance with the role of media as forms of mass communication and information dissemination.

Media

Media

• Understanding and using mass ________ in either an assertive or non-assertive way, including an informed and critical understanding of media, the techniques they employ and their effects.

Media

• Ability to understand, select, evaluate, and use of media as a leading purveyor and processor, if not producer, of information.

Technology

Focuses more on a person's ability toeffectively use technology tools

Computer literacy

Hardware literacy Software literacy Application literacy

Hardware literacy Software literacy Application literacy

Computer literacy

Technology

Computer Literacy

Technology

Digital Literacy

Technology

ICT Literacy

Technology

Internet Literacy

Digital Literacy

How ICT and digital resourcesare used to engage in safe andethical social networking andcollaboration

ICT Literacy

Ability to use particular digitaldevices, software, andinfrastructure