1 MEDIA LITERACY

• Literate 


  knowledgeable and well-educated to one's thing
• Literacy 


  ability to read and write
• Functional Literacy 


  reading and writing skills should enable an individual to tackle the tasks that unfold in everyday life
• Literacy 


  the ability to identify, understand, interpret, create, communicate and compute using printed and written materials associated with varying contexts
• Media 


  the physical objects used to communicate with. or the mass communication through physical objects, any physical object usedto communicate messages. such as radio, television, computers, film, etc.
• Media Literacy 


  the ability to access, analyze, evaluate, and create media in a variety of forms. It aims to empower citizens by providing them with the competencies (knowledge and skills) necessary to engage withtraditional media and new technologies.
• Analyze 


  or consumer skill, recognizes that she is actively negotiating meaning with media "texts" and is aware of factors that affect that negotiation
• Augment 


  or user skill, person is able to locate appropriate additional resources to further study any topic of interest
• Influence 


  or producer skill, person is able to deliberately change the impact or meaning of messages