Media and Information Literacy Quiz

Study Notes

Media and Information Literacy involves knowledge, attitudes, skills, and practices required to access, analyze, evaluate, use, produce, and communicate information and knowledge in creative, legal, and ethical ways.

Media and information are essential for communicating effectively and ethically.

It encompasses all channels of communication, including printed paper to digital data.
It is the method in which something is communicated.
Examples include: books, movies, songs, paintings, video games, social media, photos, podcasts, and TV.

The process through which a message or information is exchanged from a sender to a receiver.
It involves two or more individuals generating meaning.

Sender: delivers the message.
Encoding: putting the message into a sendable format that the receiver can understand.
Message: the information relayed by the sender to the receiver.
Channel of Communication: the transmission or method of delivering the message.
Decoding: interpretation of the message by the receiver.
Receiver: the person who is getting the message.
Feedback: the receiver's response to the sender.

Verbal: includes oral and written communication.
- Oral communication: message transmitted by word of mouth.
  - Influenced by pitch, volume, speed, and clarity.
- Written communication: uses written signs or symbols.
  - Influenced by vocabulary, grammar, writing style, precision, and clarity of the language.
Non-verbal: It is the sending or receiving of wordless messages.
According to Channels:
- Non-Verbal: Appearance, body language, sounds.
According to Purpose and Style:
- Formal
- Informal