Communication is the act or process of using words, sounds, signs or behaviors to express or exchange information, ideas, thoughts, feelings, or emotions to someone else
Elements of Communication
Source
Message
Channel/Medium
Receiver
Feedback
Types of Communication
Verbal
Non-verbal
Media Channels
Ways we use to transmit or communicate messages
Communication Tools
Technology, application of scientific knowledge to the practical aims of human life or to change and manipulate the human environment
Information
Processed data, knowledge derived from study, experience, instruction, signals
Symbols
What can we use to communicate
Literacy
The ability to read, write, analyze, and understand information
Types of Literacy
Media literacy
Information literacy
Technology literacy
Evolution of Media
Pre-Industrial Age
Industrial Age
Electronic Age
Information Age
Types of Media
Print Media
Broadcast Media
Digital/New Media
Film
Indigenous
Native, local, originating or produced naturally in a particular region/locality
Indigenous Knowledge
Knowledge that is unique to a specific culture or society, most often not written down
Indigenous Communication
Transmission of information through local channels or forms, a means to preserve, hand down and adapt culture
Forms of Indigenous Media
Folk or Traditional Media
Gatherings and Social Organizations
Direct Observation
Records (Written, Carved, Oral)
Oral Instruction
Library
A place where literary, musical, artistic, or reference materials are kept for use but not for sale
Major Types of Libraries
Academic Library
Public Library
School Library
Special Library
Internet
A global computer network providing a variety of information and communication facilities, consisting of interconnected networks using standardized communication protocols
Things to Consider in Evaluating Information
Reliability
Accuracy
Value
Authority
Timeliness
Media Languages
The codes, conventions, formats, symbols and narrative structures that indicate the meaning of media messages to an audience
Types of Media Codes
Symbolic Codes
Technical Codes
Written Codes
Conventions
Expected ways in which codes are organized in a media product
Intellectual Property
Any product of human intellect that is protected by law from unauthorized use by others
Copyright
A legal device that gives the creator of a literary, artistic, musical, or other creative work the sole right to publish and sell that work
Copyright in the Philippines is grounded in Republic Act No. 8293 or The Intellectual Property Code of the Philippines of 1997
Fair Use
A principle in Copyright Law that provides a limited ability to use copyrighted materials without getting permission for limited purposes: personal use, nonprofit uses, education, criticism or commentary, news reporting and parody