MEDIA LITERACY, INFORMATION LITERACY, AND DIGITAL LITERACY: DEFINITION AND IMPORTANCE

Question 1

is the ability to access, analyze, evaluate, and create (traditional) media.

Answer 1

Media literacy

Question 2

are platforms that have existed prior to the creation of the internet.

Answer 2

traditional media platforms

Question 3

allows a person to recognize when information is needed and how he/she will be able to access, locate, evaluate, and use it effectivel

Answer 3

Information literacy

Question 4

helps us understand the benefits and harm of digital footprint that we either passively leave or actively share about themselves online, most notably social media sites

Answer 4

Digital literacy

Question 5

allows us to adapt what we produce for various contexts and audiences using rich media such as pictures, videos, and sound.

Answer 5

Digital literacy

Question 6

➔ Understand better the values and perceptions of a society, including knowing its historical references, heritage and communal languages
➔ Encourages the sharing of one’s own culture and being open to learn about other cultures, and this fostering mutual understanding and dialogues

Answer 6

cultural literacy

Question 7

true or false

There is medium that is more or less important than another medium

Answer 7

false

There is no medium that is more or less important than another medium

Question 8

true or false

not everyone is capable of creating or crafting content.

Answer 8

false

• Every person is capable of creating or crafting content.

Question 9

true or false

media can be neutral

Answer 9

false

When you talk about content, especially news, it should be fair, objective, and unbiased. However, in reality, there is no such thing as absolutely neutral in the media because there are certain agendas
behind each message.

Question 10

true or false

You cannot deny people access to information/knowledge/messages

Answer 10

true

Question 11

true or false

The subject and the discipline itself is dynamic.

Answer 11

true