Media Information Literacy Study Guide

Media Information Literacy Reviewer and Study Guide

• Media information can be written in scripts using the Roman alphabet or a different script suitable for the language of the reader (e.g., Japanese, Chinese, Korean).
• Readers are influenced by persuasive written words. A well-organized text is a collaborative effort between writers and editors.

Types of Writers

• Author: Primarily writes lengthy works like novels or scholarly papers.
• Writer: Typically associated with literary works like short stories or poems.
• Contributor: Writes articles on specific themes or topics, often in magazines or publications.
• Columnist: Writes regular opinions or commentaries on social or political issues for newspapers and magazines.
• Blogger: Posts personal opinions and insights on a blog or website.
• Editor: Responsible for editing, coordinating with writers, and finalizing the content of a publication.
• Publisher: Prepares, acquires, manages, and decides on the themes of published materials.

Classifications of Text Information

• Text information is categorized as either fiction or nonfiction.
• Fiction: Derived from the writer's imagination (e.g., fairy tales, myths, legends).
• Nonfiction: Based on facts and reality (e.g., biographies, news, scientific research).

How Text Information is Produced

• Writers select a topic, gather information, create an outline, draft a text, and revise it before submission to the editor or publisher.

Assessing Text Information

• Text information should be accurate, factual, objective, and appropriate for the target audience.

Visual Information and Media

• Visual information uses various media for communication (e.g., photography, video, infographics).
• Design elements like lines, shapes, value, texture, and color impact visual representation.

Visual Design Principles

• Consistency: Maintaining similar margins, typefaces, typestyles, and colors is crucial in presentations.
• Center of Interest: Creating focal points to draw the reader's attention.
• Balance: Achieving visual uniformity in elements; symmetrical or asymmetrical.
• Harmony: Using similar visual units.
• Contrast: Using differences in values or colors to highlight specific elements.
• Directional Movement: Guiding the viewer's eye through the composition.
• Rhythm: Creating regular recurrence of elements.
• Perspective: Creating an illusion of three-dimensionality.
• Motion: Creating an illusion of action and dynamism through framing, design elements, and animation.

Motion Information and Media

• Motion media is a communication medium that portrays spatial movement, using texts and images.
• Information in motion media is categorized into film and television, and interactive video.

Review Questions and Answers (Selected)

• Focus on key terms and concepts within the context of the study guide.

• Not all questions are included; selection based on representative coverage.

• How to Assess Text Information? Ensure accuracy, objectivity, and appropriateness for the target audience.

• Format of Visual Information: Visual information uses various elements (lines, shapes, value, etc.) in compositions.

• Meaning of "People as Media"? People act as channels of information.

• Who are the "first receivers" in media? Opinion leaders.

• What is a "Storyboard"? A sequence of graphics/images that represents the plan for a motion piece.

• What makes animation appear smoother? A higher frame rate. This means a higher quantity of frames displayed per second.