People and Text Media

• Contrast creates visual interest as two elements are different from each other.
• People in media refer to persons involved in the use, analysis, evaluation, and production of media and information.
• People as media are individuals who are well-oriented to media sources and messages and able to provide information as accurate and reliable as possible.
• Opinion leaders are highly exposed to and actively using media, serve as a viable interpretation of messages for lower-end media users, and their opinions are accepted by a group.
• Citizen journalism involves people without professional journalism training using the tools of modern technology and internet to create, augment or fact-check media on their own or in collaboration with others.
• Social journalism involves journalists using social media to make their content available to more people.
• Crowdsourcing is the practice of obtaining needed services, ideas, or content by soliciting contributions from a large group of people and especially from the online community.
• People in media are media practitioners who provide information coming from their expert knowledge or first-hand experience of event.
• Types of journalists by medium include print journalists, photojournalists, broadcast journalists, and multimedia journalists.
• Text is a simple and flexible format of presenting information or conveying ideas whether hand-written, printed or displayed on-screen.
• Hypertext serves to link different electronic documents and enable users to jump from one to other in a nonlinear way.
• Plaintext/unformatted text is fixed sized characters having essentially the same type of appearance.
• Appropriateness in design refers to how fitting or suitable the text is used for a specific audience, purpose or event.
• Appearance of text can be changed using font parameters such as bold, underline, italic, font size, font color, etc.
• Alignment in design refers to how the text is positioned in the page, left, center, right, or justified.
• Design principles and elements include Emphasis, Appropriateness, Proximity, Alignment, and Organization.
• Organization in design refers to a conscious effort to organize the different text elements in a page, ensuring that while some text elements are separated from each other, they are still somehow connected with the rest of the elements in the page.
• Emphasis in design refers to the importance or value given to a part of the text-based content.
• Proximity in design refers to how near or how far the text elements from each other.
• Repetition in design refers to the consistency of elements, unity of the entire design, and repeating some typefaces within the page.
• Typeface usually comprises alphabets, numbers, punctuation marks, symbols and other special characters.
• Common text file formats include TXT (Unformatted text document by an editor as notepad on Windows platform), DOC (Document), RTF (Rich Text Format), PDF (Portable Document Format), and PS (PostScript).
• Typeface, also called font, font type, or type, refers to the representation or style of a text in the digital format.
• Mass Media refers to the means by which messages are communicated simultaneously to large numbers of people who may not know one another.
• Media literacy is the ability to access, analyze, evaluate, create, and act using all forms of communication.
• The mass media includes newspapers, magazines, radio, television, films, billboards, posters, and the Internet.
• Critical thinking skills involve questioning assumptions, identifying biases, considering alternative perspectives, and making informed decisions based on evidence.
• The media industry includes newspapers, magazines, radio stations, television networks, film studios, music labels, video game companies, internet service providers (ISPs), search engines, social networking sites, mobile phone operators, and advertising agencies.
• Media literacy involves understanding the role of media in society, analyzing media content, evaluating sources of information, creating media products, and participating in discussions about media issues.
• Print media includes books, journals, magazines, newspapers, brochures, posters, flyers, billboards, and packaging materials.
• Visual literacy involves understanding visual language, such as images, symbols, colors, shapes, and typography, and interpreting their meanings.
• Digital citizenship involves responsible use of technology, including respecting intellectual property rights, avoiding cyberbullying, protecting personal information online, and being aware of potential risks associated with social networking sites.
• Information literacy involves finding, evaluating, and effectively using information from various sources.
• Media literacy helps individuals become critical consumers of media content and develop their own media production skills.
• Media literacy empowers individuals to make informed choices about what they consume and produce.