- What is Media Literacy? It depends on who you ask. Before I ever had this class, I would simply say the definition involves a person and their ability to use and comprehend the information that is layed out before them by different media outlets, in whatever format it may be in, on a day to day basis.
- Jane Tallim is quoted on the The Media Awareness Network site defining media literacy as "the ability to sift through and analyze the messages that inform, entertain, and sell to us every day." We have to be able to make logical decisions and choices, and ask informed questions based on the information fed to us constantly. "Could this really be true? Why should I buy this? Who authored/published/recorded what I'm reading/hearing/seeing and who payed for it?"
- It is more than just interpreting this information though. It's also about being able to create and distribute information through the same mediums we recieve information through in this ever changing world. "Media literacy includes the skills of accessing, analyzing, evaluating, creating, and distributing messages as well as the cultural competencies and social skills associated with a growing participatory culture." This quote comes from The National Council for Social Studies site, which by the way, is a very useful site when discussing media literacy.
Source(s)
- Rideout, V., Roberts, D.F. & U. G. Foehr. Generation M: Media in the Lives of 8-18 Year-olds. Washington, D.C.: Kaiser Family Foundation, 2005. Available online at: http://www.kff.org/entmedia/entmedia030905pkg.cfm
- Jenkins, H. Convergence Culture: Where Old and New Media Collide.i New York: New York University Press, 2006.
- Jenkins, H., Purushotma, R., Clinton, K. Weigel, M., & A. J. Robison. Confronting the Challenges of Participatory Culture: Media Education for the 21st Century. Retrieved December 1, 2007 from http://www.projectnml.org/files/working/NMLWhitePaper.pdf
- MEDIA LIT
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