mil prelims Flashcards
- a medium of cultivation, conveyance, or
expression
MEDIA DEFINITION
- classified as print, broadcast, and the internet,
and also covers communication channels
through which news, entertainment, education,
data or promotional messages are disseminated.
MEDIA DEFINITION
- — also refers to the collective
communication outlets or tools used to store and
deliver information or data.
MEDIA DEFINITION
- knowledge obtained from
- investigation, study, or instruction ;facts or details
(about a subject).
INFORMATION DEFINITION
- the quality or state of being literate—the ability
to read and write ; knowledge that relates to a
specified subject.
LITERACY DEFINITION
- — brings together disciplines that were once
separate and distinct.—- is concerned with
giving people an understanding of the
importance of media and other information
providers. (UNESCO)
MEDIA AND INFORMATION LITERACY
- As Media and Information Literate individuals, we
are expected to:
Make informed decisions; Learn
about the world around them;Build a sense of
community; Maintain public discourse; and,
Engage in lifelong learning. (UNESCO)
- ability to access, analyze, evaluate, and
communicate information in a variety of forms
and involves the ability to encode and decode
the symbols transmitted via media and the ability
to synthesize, analyze, and produce mediated
messages. — Center for Media Literacy
MEDIA LITERACY DEFINITION
- involves understanding and using mass media in
either an assertive or non-assertive way,
including an informed and critical understanding
of media, what techniques they employ and
their effects. — UNESCO MIL Curriculum
MEDIA LITERACY DEFINITION
- intended or unintended consequences of what
the mass media does. — Denis McQuail, 2010
MEDIA EFFECTS DEFINITION
- set of abilities requiring individuals to “recognize
when information is needed and have the ability
to locate, evaluate, and use the needed
information effectively.” — commonsense.org
INFORMATION LITERACY
- empowers people to achieve their personal,
social, occupational and educational goals. It is
a basic human right in a digital world and
promotes social inclusion in all nations. —
UNESCO
INFORMATION LITERACY
○ Information that is false, but the
person who is disseminating it
believes that it is true. — Wardle
& Derakhshan, 2018
● MISINFORMATION
○ Information that is false, but the
person who is deliberately
disseminating it knows it is false.
— Wardle & Derakhshan, 2018
● DISINFORMATION
○ Information that is based on reality but used to inflict harm on a person, organization, or country. — Wardle & Derakhshan, 2018
● MALINFORMATION