Media Literacy
What is Media Literacy? - Media literacy is the ability to access, analyze, evaluate, and communicate information in variety of forms. User of media should learn to digest all the content in the media, understand and interpret the use of each element in the media, then analyze the truthfulness of the information. Why is Media Literacy Important? As technology advances, more people are able to contribute information, knowledge and ideas to the internet. A media literate person will have the ability to think and analyze which information is true and which is false. By this way, false information, for example fake news phenomenon can be decreased as people will think twice before receiving the information. Types of Media - traditional media: television, books, newspapers, magazines, radio, etc. - new media/ digital media: e-books, e-news, social media, video games, computers, etc. Old Media Vs New Media Old Media New Media A bit more expensive than th...