“Media literacy is not just important, it’s absolutely critical. It’s going to make the difference between whether kids are a tool of the mass media or whether the mass media is a tool for kids to use.”
Linda Ellerbee
Gillian Borromeo
Published on Oct 22, 2016
In this time, a lot of social issues are emerging in this changing world. Did you know that one which causes these is the failure of identifying an information as true or not? Evaluating information sources requires skills and critical thinking and is an educational responsibility which is often underestimated. Like many countries, Philippines is also affected of the changes of digital age as it provides more information than ever before. As the media increasingly mediate everything in society, there is a growing feature of ensuring that people have the media literacy not only to engage with the media but to engage with society through the media.
People use different networks to connect themselves to acquaintances or individuals whom they do not know personally. This is considered threatening because the fact that most of these users exhibit poor online etiquette. Social media is somehow used as a medium to expose an individual to the public. Using social media to get attention, posting inappropriate photos, and media bashing are just some of the acts. There are incidents wherein an individual’s privacy is intruded, people get bullied and criticized because of public comments that are common today.
Published on Jun 23, 2017
Since we are currently in a society wherein new media is emerging, it is essential for every person to exhibit literacy.The increase application of social media urges people to involve themselves with the trend, which may give rise to problems regarding online news. Spreading news without examining its credibility would lead to misunderstandings, knowing that what you preach to the public will be seen worldwide. That is why the idea of media and information literacy is useful and important to everyone to be able to engage with media and information effectively.
Despite the fact that different forms of media like books, newspapers, or even online media platforms provide information about the world we are in, it is not asserted that the data an individual gathers is accurate. Users should evaluate information critically, respect boundaries, privacy or intellectual property and display integrity. The use of media may or may not afflict harm to netizens, depending on how they utilize these. Experiences of some people with media like cyber bullying and bashing must be taken into consideration, by doing so, there will be less chances of undergoing certain problems such as those that are mentioned above.
“People are free to share whatever they like online: It’s down to us as users to improve our media literacy and to be conscious consumers of information rather than just believe everything that we read, see or hear”
Rachel Evans
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