MEDIA INFORMATION LITERACY

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What is media? Do you know that media are the communication outlets or tools used to store and deliver information or data. Let’s read and understand media.

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Media is an integral part of today’s society. We surrounded by so much media. As a student and a media and information literate I have learned many ways during the lessons about the different topics. In digital era we communicate in terms of technology and we uses smartphone in our daily lives. Example of this Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and more. The information coming from the media help me as a student and to be more literate in spreading information which should be accurate and verifiable. Media and Information Literacy (MIL) provides answers to the questions that we all ask ourselves at some point. It becomes an important tool in modern communication and the digital age has made it easy for anyone to create media. Posting and sharing is a part of our daily routine. Being a media user has a lot of responsibility in social media, we have this new kind of way to communicate with people that’s very immediate, sometimes alarmingly so, sometimes painfully so.

Types of media: Print Media- is one of the oldest and basic forms of communication. It includes newspapers, weeklies, magazines, monthlies, banners & graphics, posters and other forms of printed material.

Broadcast Media- provides valuable information, for example speeches, documentaries, interviews, advertisements, daily news, financial markets and much more. 

New Media- Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, Instagram and etc.

Traditional Mediaincludes television, radio, print such as newspapers or magazines, mail, and outdoor messages.

“Media study does not replace text. It broadens and deepens our understanding of texts.” Philip M. Anderson”

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