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Media Literacy

Media Literacy. Sarah Holler April 12, 2012. Objectives. Students will understand that… …media literacy is a fundamental set of skills for the 21 st century. …media literacy is the ability to access, analyze, evaluate, and create messages across formats.

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Media Literacy

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  1. Media Literacy Sarah Holler April 12, 2012

  2. Objectives Students will understand that… …media literacy is a fundamental set of skills for the 21st century. …media literacy is the ability to access, analyze, evaluate, and create messages across formats. …being media literate means being a critical consumer and responsible producer of information.

  3. Five Critical Questions • Who is the author and what is the purpose? • What creative techniques are used to attract and hold attention? • How might different people understand this message? • What lifestyles, values, and points of view are represented? • What is omitted?

  4. The Guardian advertisement Open journalism - the three little pigs

  5. Web 2.0 and Open Journalism PRO CON

  6. Why Media Literacy? “But if we have learned anything in the last few years, it is that traditional media are now only in charge of part of the story. There is a paucity of facts and an excess of processing power because everyone with a keyboard is theoretically a creator and distributor of content. Most of those efforts begin from behind a firmly established battle line, then row backward to find the facts that they need.” -David Carr, April 1, 2012. The New York Times.

  7. WHY MEDIA LITERACY? As a citizen of the world where the three little pigs are on trial, what media literacy skills do you need in order to discern the truth from the news reports? As a contributor to a news story, what is the danger in posting a comment without first thinking critically about how it might be interpreted by others?

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