XII - Media Literacy

Media literacy is the ability to encode and decode the symbols transmitter via media and the ability to synthesize, analyze and produce mediated messages. It represents a necessary, inevitable, and realistic response to the complex, ever-changing electronic environment and communication cornucopia that surround us.

Reference:

http://namle.net/publications/media-literacy-definitions/

The social media is something I consider as a necessity in one’s life nowadays. Not only does it connect people, it can also stimulate one’s creativity and knowledge.

Since social media per se is part of technology, inevitably it also promotes laziness and loss of humanity. This is why it is important to be media literate. Being able to determine whether what we see or hear from the media is true or not and be able to understand the content, purpose, consequences, etc.