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MIL FLASHCARDS (SUMMATIVE 1)

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Skills in determining accurate information

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•Look for facts
•Cross-reference with other sources for consistency
•Determine the reason for writing and publishing the information

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5 Categories of Media convergence

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Economic - when a company controls over several products within the same industry
Cultural - stories from different cultures flowing across media platforms
Global - influence of geographically distant places to another place.
Organic - natural multitasking
Technical/technological - different kinds of technology being used at the same time (ex: when streaming)

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What is technology?

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synthesized tools that serve to apply knowledge to perform certain tasks

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Cite media used in:
Prehistoric, pre-industrial, industrial, electronic, and information/digital age

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Prehistoric: Cave paintings, word & stone carvings, papyrus, hieroglyphics.

Pre-industrial: Smoke signal, pigeon post, pony express.

Industrial: Phonograph, kinetoscope, typewriter, punched card, Gutenberg printing press.

Electronic: Radio, telephone, television, early computers.

Information: internet, advance tech., computer, smartphones, laptop

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What is media and information literacy?

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Set of competencies that empowers citizens to
- access
- understand
- use
- share
- retrieve
- evaluate
- and create
information critically, ethically, and effectively

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3 types of media

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Print, broadcast, new media

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5 Things to consider in evaluating information

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•Reliability - reliable if it can be verified and evaluated
•Accuracy - closeness of the report to the actual data ( ex: forecasts, financial predictions)
•Value - if it aids the user in making decisions
•Authority - is the author/source credible?
•Timeliness - relates to reliability, accuracy, and value throughout history.

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4 Major types of libraries

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Academic - serves for colleges & universities
Public - serves cities and towns of all types
School - serves from K- 12

Special - are in specialized environments such as hospitals, museums, military, private business, corporations, gov.

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Cite some examples of sources of information

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Internet, social media, libraries, archives, museums, indigenous media, and our own experiences

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Differentiate Media literacy, information literacy, and technology literacy

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Both media and information literacy are concerned with the use of messages from various media platforms, but media literacy focuses on understanding, using, and creating messages from different media, while information literacy is the ability to effectively and sensibly find, evaluate, and utilize information.

Technology literacy pertains to the effective and responsible use of tools or social networks to access, evaluate, and generate message.

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What is media?

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source of credible information where content is provided through a process determined by journalistic values

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It is a global computer network providing a variety of information and communication facilities, consisting of interconnected networks using standardized communication protocols.

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Internet

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Which age is marked with the use of steam engines, production of irons and various products such as books, etc.?

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Industrial age

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Differentiate print, broadcast, and new media

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Print: More on written documents, either hard or soft copy, but traditionally pertaining to documents written with pen and paper.

Examples: newspapers, books, e-books, brochures, comics, magazines

Broadcast: Can be heard and seen, print media can only be seen. It uses airwaves as the medium for transmission.

Example: radio, television, streaming (green screen stream), obs, satellite, movie/film.

New media: anything related to the use of digital platforms

Example: internet, social media.

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What is literacy?

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ability to identify, understand, interpret, create, communicate, and compute materials associated with varying contexts

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Also called a record player, reproducing sounds by means of vibration of a stylus, following a groove on a rotating disc.

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Phonograph

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What is indigenous knowledge

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It is the local knowledge that is unique to a specific culture or society; most often it is not written down

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Refers to what an individual recognizes as desired information, whether personal or professional, that will serve as a basis for making decisions.

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Information needs

(According to google, this is an individual or a group’s desire to locate and obtain information to satisfy a conscious or unconscious need.)

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What is communication?

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The process of exchanging information from one to another, using words, signs, behaviors and actions that results in an understanding.

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5 Things to consider for us to be a responsible media information user

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Be aware of the emotions
- do not cause negative emotions or trigger someone when posting

Don’t plagiarize
- plagiarism is not only by copying exact words, but also includes lack of citation or credit to sources

Know your sources
- support your claims with your sources

Avoid sharing personal details
- it is not necessary to include those details, it will only make you vulnerable and be a target of some malicious acts.

Be mindful of the rules
- all apps have rules to abide with. Do not cross over the line and respect the boundary; this is to ensure a proper community, and to avoid chaos.

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What is indigenous media

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Media that is originating or produced naturally in a particular locality.

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What is media convergence?

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Happens when two or more media sources join together, allowing media texts to be produced and distributed on multiple media devices.

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Forms of indigenous media

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•Folk/ traditional media
•gatherings and social organizations •direct observation
•records (written, carved, oral)
• oral instruction

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Who said, “Convergence isn’t an end result, but instead a process that changes how media is both consumed and produced.”

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Media Theorist Henry Jenkins

25
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Media convergence usually occurs on various platforms…

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Social networks, learning management systems, product advertisement, multimedia personality, news agency

26
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What is the name of the pigeon which saved the “lost battalion”?

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Cher Ami (Dear friend in french)

27
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2 types of communication

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Verbal communication:
Oral & written communication

Non-verbal communication:
Signs, symbols, body language, color, gesture, facial expressions.

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The real inventor of the telephone, but was accredited to Alexander Graham Bell

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Italian Antonio Meucci

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Media Literacy

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ability to access, analyze, evaluate, and create media in a variety of forms

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Information Literacy

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ability to recognize when information is needed

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Who invented the typewriter, and when?

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Christopher Latham, 1867

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Technology Literacy

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ability of an individual to use technology tools responsibly and effectively

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What is information?

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processed data and knowledge derived from studies, experiences, instructions, signals, and symbols

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Which invention ushered in the electronic age

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Transistor

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4 things to consider in evaluating information found on the internet

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Authorship, publishing body, accuracy & verifiability, and currency

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It is the transmission of information through local channels or forms; it is a means by which the culture is preserved, handed down, and adapted.

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Indigenous communication

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Characteristics of a media and information literate individual

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Independent
Critical with Information
Knowledgeable
Tech-savvy
Responsive
Considerate

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Parts of the communication (model)

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Source or sender - delivers the message

Message - verbal/non verbal information conveyed from one to another.

Medium - the means use for sending and receiving messages; the channel used where message is coursed.

Receiver - receives the message

Effect - response of the receiver

Feedback - indicates how effective the communication was and confirms mutual understanding of both parties. It is also the response.

Noise/barriers - disruptions in the communication process.

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Differentiate misinformation and disinformation

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Misinformation: incorrect or misleading information

Disinformation: misinformation that is intentionally spread

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