Media information literacy

• Media and Information Literacy includes:

  • Media Literacy
  • Information Literacy
  • Technology Literacy
• Media:

  • Channels or ways used to transmit or communicate messages
  • Communication tools
• Information:

  • Process data and/or knowledge derived from study, experience, instruction, signals or symbols
• Technology:

  • Application of Scientific Knowledge to the practical aims of human life or to change and manipulate the human environment
• Literacy is the ability to:

  • Identify, understand, interpret, create, communicate, and compute using printed and written materials associated with various contexts
• Media Literacy:

  • Ability to identify different types of media and understand the messages they're sending
  • All media is created for a reason, understanding that reason is the basis of media literacy
• Media literacy includes the ability to:

  • Decode media messages
  • Assess the influence of those messages in thoughts, feelings, and behaviors
  • Create media thoughtfully and conscientiously
• Media Literacy can:

  • Expand the concept of literacy to include various forms of messages
  • Offer solutions to public health issues exacerbated by toxic media messages
  • Empower people to engage in a global media environment
• Information Literacy:

  • Set of integrated abilities encompassing the reflective discovery of information, understanding how information is produced and valued, and using information ethically
• To be information literate, a person must:

  • Recognize when information is needed
  • Locate, evaluate, and use effectively the needed information
• Information Literacy curriculum includes:

  • Tools literacy
  • Resource literacy
  • Social-Structural literacy
  • Research Literacy
  • Publishing literacy
• Information Literacy refers to a cluster of competencies, including the ability to:

  • Recognize when you need information
  • Understand the type of information needed
  • Know how to search for information
  • Interpret information
  • Use and cite information
• Technology Literacy:

  • Ability to safely, responsibly, creatively, and effectively use appropriate technology
• Technology Literacy includes the ability to:

  • Communicate
  • Access, collect, manage, integrate and evaluate information
  • Predict future needs, solve problems, and create solutions
  • Build and Share Knowledge
• Technological Literacy is related to digital literacy:

  • Proficiency in using computers and digital devices to access the internet
  • Ability to use the internet for discovering, reviewing, evaluating, creating, and using information via various digital platforms
• Terms to understand:

  • Media Literacy: ability to read, analyze, evaluate, and produce communication in various media forms
  • Information Literacy: ability to recognize when information is needed, locate, evaluate, effectively use, and communicate information in various formats
  • Technology (Digital) Literacy: ability to use digital technology, communication tools, or networks to locate, evaluate, use, and create information