Digital Literacy: Media Information Literacy
- Introduction
- Digital Literacy
- Digital literacy is defined as the state of having the required skills to learn, work, associate, and live in a society most of the communication, and the medium to get most of the information is through technological platforms such as social media and other online media sources. On many occasions, digital literacy is gauged by an individuals’ ability to engage appropriately in grammar, transposition, awareness, and general skills.
- key components of digital skills involve the abilities of a person to learn basic It skills such as computer packages, 3D animations, and so forth. However, digital literacy needs someone to have inherent artistic minds to be in a better to produce admirable work.
- over the year’s digital skills have been evolving but of late they have been narrowed down to the following; practical skills, digital literacy skills, searching skills, assessment skills, critical rational skills, innovative skills, communication, and information skills culture set-up skills last but not least Safety and precaution skills.
- Digital Literacy skills have four cardinal rules that govern its operations (Hobbs & Jensen, 2009).These cardinal rules include; conception principle, curation principle, Interdependence principle, and finally social factors principle.
- Scopes of Digital Literacy.
Digital literacy has many dimensions that dictate its operations in the digital world. Some of these digital literacy dimensions include:
1.One of the key dimensions of Digital Literacy is media and information Literacy.
2.Media and Information Literacy is a contemporary trend in the world of business and communication that is dictating the pace on how information is collected and disseminated across the globe through online platforms. As we are aware Online communication decreases time wastage and gives more impetus to the activities that any individual can comfortably handle within a stipulated amount of time. Anything good usually has its share of advantages and disadvantages. Media information literacy also carries its share of merits and demerits.
- Furthermore, media and information literacy have some drawbacks characterized by technical challenges, Digital Literacy itself, Time organization, and personal drive and motivation.
- Utilization of media and information literacy and various forms by which information is collected and disseminated in the sphere of digital literacy is key. However, it is also paramount to have basic skills of handling the mediums via which media and information literacy are communicated. These avenues include; Google, Mozilla Firefox, Yammer, Twitter, Facebook, Wire Cable news among other online platforms.
- Media and Information Literacy
- Media and Information Literacy definition; is a mishmash of know-how, approaches, abilities, and practices necessary to be able to contact, evaluate, scrutinize, utilize, create and disseminate information and knowledge in an innovative, legal, and moral way that pays attention to the fundamental human rights. The United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has defined media and information literacy as a set of competencies to look for, analyze critically, use and disseminate information and media content astutely(Lin, et al. 2013), knowledge of inherent individual rights online, having good skills of thwarting any form of online violence and aspects of cyberbullying, and at the same time engage with constructively with media source and Information Communications Technology (ICT) to enhance equality, freedom of expression, diversity in culture and religious dialogues and at the same time fostering peace through peace initiative activities.
- Advantages of Media and Information Literacy. The section brings to the limelight advantages media and information technology literacy. Some of the advantages of media and information literacy include: it saves on resources during the dissemination of information, secondly it is used to build a more cohesive society through communicating of peace messages and blocking out warmongers during information dissemination. It is also a very effective and efficient tool in researching the larger community than traditional media tools.
- Disadvantages of Media and Information Literacy. This section explores any drawbacks that are associated with media and information literacy. Some of these disadvantages of media and information literacy include; consumption of fake information is very high, further conflicting information especially on topics that carry emotional charges like politics, racial, religious, and sports. Child abuse also is a common disadvantage associated with media and information literacy.
- Types of Media and Information Literacy. Media and information literacy types are varied and dotted within the online sphere(Jeong, et al. 2012).The basic ones include; Social Media platforms such as Twitter, Facebook, Instagram among others. Currently, all major media houses have social media handles that gives real time news updates, further, online live streaming is also a major component of media and information literacy and online components, lastly, websites are developed to give the much-needed media and information visibility around the globe at any time. The choice is with every individual depending on their preferences and tastes.
- Techniques enhancing Media Information literacy. To have seamless open-ended, constructive, and helpful information dissemination then their needs to maximum respect between the messenger, the message, and the recipient. Courtesy is always key in this kind of venture. Remaining relevant to the point and at all times avoid spreading fake and unverified news.
- Challenges of Media and Information Literacy. Media and Information Literacy has a myriad of challenges as this section will discuss. These challenges range from outages in power, poor internet connectivity in some regions, hackers hanging in between communications, and distorting the gist of the communication. Digital illiteracy among many people has also hampered the development and use of media and information literacy. On the other hand, people have time constraints and self-demotivation due to various reasons such as mental status, family issues, or even health matters.
- Conclusion
- Media and Information literacy is a vital component of any society in its day to day activities. Media and information literacy help to collect information, analyze, relate, synthesize and disseminate the same information to the public that brings about knowledge, skills, entertainment, promote peace in war tone areas (Potter, 2010). At the same time, it has helped to build religious dialogues and promoted intercultural activities across the globe. Despite the minimum challenges that media and information literacy experiences generally it has enhanced positive religious, cultural, and information integration across the globe.
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Annotated Outline
- INTRODUCTION
In light of the need for technology, its advancements, and workmanship, there came to a necessity of the required know-how in the use of technology. Initially, it was all about usage; all that was needed was individuals to have the required skills to use and advance technology. The initial terminology used was ‘digital skills’; the utilization and an ever growing assortment of cognitive development (Eshet, 2002). The major examples of digital skills were limited to the ability to use computer programs, access data, and operate technological appliances. Over time, it was evident that the digital
- Digital Literacy
- Definition: Digital Literacy is the ability to grasp and to use information, a capacity to examine and acknowledge information in the hypertext. And on the other hand, digital literacy must be more than the ability to use modernized sources successfully; it is a novel kind of standpoint or perspective.
- 5 Dimensions of Digital Literacy (Illustration 1)
- The existing definition of digital literacy is too broad and complex therefore it was narrowed down into 5 dimensions namely: decoding, meaning-making, analyzing, persona, and using.
- 5 Dimensions
- Decoding – its focus is the media itself, the model and structure, or the visual representation itself.
- Meaning-making talks about style and interpretation of the data.
- Analyzing is the actual understanding and comprehending the data.
- Persona is how others interpret the data.
- Using focuses on data acquisition for a variety of authentic–and changing–purposes.
- Most significant parts of Digital Literacy
- It joins a wide extent of aptitudes, which are immeasurably imperative to win in an inflexibly progressed world.
- The ability to find, yet also to evaluate information.
- Finding the reaction to a request of the required information and later choosing whether the source is trustworthy.
- Media Information Literacy
- Definition: Media Information Literacy is characterized as the capacity to get to, break down, and make media.
- DQ Competencies (Table 1)
- Definition: Digital citizenship is the capacity to turn into a piece of the data to make new information, innovations, and substance to transform thoughts into the real world.
- Six-aptitude theoretical model in determining a digitally literate person through the combination of media information literacy characteristics
- Photo visual literacy is the capacity to work viably with computerized situations, for example, the user interface that utilizes graphical correspondence.
- Reproduction literacy is the capacity to make true, significant composition and fine art by duplicating and controlling prior computerized text, visuals, and sound pieces.
- Branching literacy is the ability to develop information by a nonlinear route through information areas, for example, on the Internet and other hypermedia conditions.
- Information literacy is the ability to devour data basically and sort out bogus and one-sided data.
- Socioemotional literacy is the capacity to impart successfully on the web correspondence stages, for example, conversation gatherings and chatrooms.
- Real-time thinking skill is the capacity to measure and assess huge volumes of data continuously, for example, in computer games and chatrooms.
- Media information literacy and digital literacy are interconnected and have one vision which is to get, dismember, translate, and produce data.
III. Importance and Implications of Digital Literacy
- Definition: Advanced Resident – an individual who is liable for how they use innovation to connect with their general surroundings.
- 21st-century abilities are fundamental, namely:
- Looking and assessing data
- Tackling issues
- Trading data
- Creating thoughts in a computerized setting
- The vision of 21st-century advanced aptitudes is that those abilities are expected to take an interest in the information-based workforce and to place representatives responsible for their learning to take effect and actively function in society.
- 2 sectors affected by ICT integration and digital literacy
- Workforce
- Education
- Scope of student’s abilities and capacities in new ways of learning
- To interface with their inclinations on the web and through other advanced media.
- No longer bound to simply physical content with regards to perusing or studying their potential advantages.
- Better approaches to connect with their inclinations on the web and through other computerized media
- Not limited to simply physical content with regards to perusing or studying their potential advantages
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