Information and Media Literacy

• Communication involves using words, sounds, signs, or behaviors to express or exchange information, ideas, thoughts, and feelings.
• Media literacy is the ability to access, analyze, evaluate, and create media.
• Information literacy empowers individuals to seek, evaluate, use, and create information effectively for personal, social, occupational, and educational goals.
• Information literacy is the skill enabling one to recognize when information is needed and to access, locate, evaluate, and use it effectively.

Information Literacy Facets

• Information technology fluency forms the core of information literacy, encompassing skills like information organization, database searching, web navigation, digital citizenship, and computer literacy.
• Ways of thinking about information are taught in the context of evaluation.
• Problem-solving with information is integrated into inquiry, problem, or project-based learning.
• Communication is the culmination of the other three facets of information literacy
• Communication involves synthesizing information to communicate new ideas in various contexts like research papers or social media.

How to Use Social Media Responsibly

• Students need accountability, starting with parents as friends.
• In online drama, stay uninvolved and check emotions before reacting.
• The acronym T.H.I.N.K. stands for True, Helpful, Informative, Needed, and Kind, and should be considered before posting anything online.
• Oversharing should be avoided.
• Use social media wisely and intentionally.
• Choose the right platform for certain posts.

Technology Literacy

• Technology literacy is the ability to acquire relevant information and use modern tools to get, manage, apply, evaluate, create and communicate information.
• Editors collaborate with writers and journalists to ensure high standards in manuscripts or articles.
• Visual artists convey ideas through their artworks.
• Media practitioners should convey accurate, factual, and truthful messages.
• Fairness and objectivity are essential in information disseminated by media practitioners.
• Media practitioners should exhibit professionalism and integrity.
• Empathy & sympathy mean media practitioners can not use their job for personal gain.
• Hardworking media practitioners should give their best effort.

Types of Media

• Traditional media includes television, newspapers, radio, and magazines.
• New media is content easily accessible via digital media.
• Information is defined as specific data acquired for a specific purpose.
• Prehistoric refers to the time before written records.
• Electronic refers to objects with electronic components that function when connected to an outlet.
• Petroglyphs are carvings or engravings in rocks or caves.
• Pictographs represent words or phrases through images or symbols.
• Print media includes books, newspapers, magazines, journals, and newsletters physically printed on paper.
• Books can be fictional or non-fictional.
• Dictionaries provide word definitions, etymology, pronunciation, and usage.
• Newspapers contain diverse articles on news, business, lifestyle, sports, and entertainment.
• Magazines are periodical publications released weekly, monthly, or quarterly, containing articles on various topics.
• Journals contain informative articles and accurate reports on specific topics.
• Newsletters are published weekly or monthly to inform readers about updates and happenings in an organization or community.
• Gazettes are official publications for government notices or listing appointments.
• Pamphlets are small booklets or leaflets with detailed information and images.
• Brochures contain pictures and information about a company's products or services.
• Leaflets and Flyers contain product information for advertising.
• Broadcast media consists of television and radio programs.
• Television can receive and project transient images with sound
• Film offers various themes and genres, similar to television.
• The Internet allows users to browse websites and communicate.
• E-books refer to digital versions of printed books accessible via computer or gadget.
• Online shopping allows entrepreneurs to advertise products and reach more consumers.
• Media convergence interconnects information with communication technologies, computer networks, & media content

Sources

• Indigenous refers to persons belonging to an ethnic tribe preserving ancestral culture.
• Primary sources are original materials produced during a specific historical period.
• Secondary sources are documents made after an event.
• Libraries are places where literary, musical, artistic, and reference materials are kept for use.
• Academic libraries serve colleges and universities.
• Public libraries serve cities and towns.
• School libraries serve students from Kindergarten to Grade 12.
• Special libraries are in specialized environments like hospitals, corporations, and museums.
• The Internet is a global network providing information and communication facilities via interconnected networks.