What It Means To Be A Media And Information Literate
According to UNESCO, media and information literacy
is a set of competencies that empowers citizens to access, retrieve, understand,
evaluate and use, create and share information using various tools critically
and effectively (2013). Upon knowing this, why is it necessary to be a media
and information literate?
Media
play a significant role in knowledge, identity and community formation. A media
and information literate know how information, ideas and meanings are
communicated. In connection to this, the value of being media and information
literate is being able to understand and evaluate the content of each media. In
this way, you are able to grasp the information correctly coming from an authentic
medium. This importance is connected to the problem in media which is the
spreading of fake news. It became a hot issue recently because false
information is spread and many people are convinced and fooled by these. With
this, being a media and information literate, you can evaluate the information
provided and stop the spreading of fake news. Another situation where being
media and information literate is needed is when gathering different
information, studies, and theories that would serve as your research’s
references. The ability to locate, understand and evaluate information would
help strengthen and prove the claim of your research. A media and information
literate is highly concerned of the value of truthful and insightful
information.
Media
and information literacy plays a vital role in helping, participating and
engaging in personal, professional and societal activities. In this age where
information travels quickly, we should always be vigilant and wise in the
information we receive and share because a single information can affect many.
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