Introduction to Media and Literacy

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refers to the essential competencies (knowledge, skills and attitude) that allow citizens to engage with media and other information providers effectively and develop critical thinking and life-long learning skills for socializing and becoming active citizens

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Media and Information Literacy

Question 2

10 levels of intimacy in today’s communication

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talking, video chat, phone, letter, IM, text message, email, facebook msg, facebook status, and twitter

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non-verbal communications

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Signs
Symbols
Colors
Gestures
body language
facial expressions
written

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It is defined as a set of competencies that empowers citizens to access, retrieve, understand, evaluate, and use, create as well as share media information and content in all formats, using various tools, in a critical, ethical, and effective way, in order to participate and engage in personal, professional and societal activities

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Media and Information Literacy

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two basic types of communications

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non-verbal and verbal

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The ability to use digital technology, communication tools or networks to locate, evaluate, use, and create information.

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Technology or Digital Literacy

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The ability to recognize when information is needed and to locate, evaluate, effectively use and communicate information in its various formats.

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Information Literacy

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essential competencies

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knowledge, skills and attitude

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data, knowledge derived from study, experience, or instruction, signals or symbols, knowledge of specific events or situations

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information

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the exchange of information and the expression of feeling that can result in understanding

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communication

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Communication Tools

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media

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It includes information and communication literacy and digital literacy.

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Media and Information Literacy

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the act or process of using words, sounds, signs, or behaviors to express or exchange information or to express your ideas, thoughts, feelings, etc., to someone else

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communication

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verbal communication

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oral

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The ability to read, analyze, evaluate and produce communication in a variety of media forms.

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Media Literacy