Introduction To Media and Information Literacy

MEDIA INFORMATION LITERACY
INTRODUCTION TO MEDIA AND

INFORMATION LITERACY
Activity 1: Media Use Log (10 mins.)
1. Get one sheet of paper
2. Think of the past week and record the use
and your interaction with the media and
information providers (e.g. Internet, social
media, tv, radio, newspaper, etc.) Indicate how
many hours you were spent engaged with each
one. Estimate the number of hours you spend
each week.
3. Prepare a report in the class for this activity
OBJECTIVES
1. Create a log that reflects their current use
and interaction with media and information.
2. Define the key concepts (media,
information, technology literacy and media
and information literacies).
3. Compare and relate the media and
information literacy framework to their own
understandings and competencies.
Which media provider did
you spend the most of your
time?
What roles does media play

in your lives?
WEEKLY INTERACTION LOG WITH INFORMATION
AND INFORMATION PROVIDERS
MEDIA OR INFORMATION PROVIDER NUMBERS OF HOURS IN A WEEK
YOUTUBE 3 HOURS
FACEBOOK 12 HOURS
TELEVISION 20 HOURS
BOOKS 10 HOURS
OTHERS
21st Century were
people are dependent
on Technology
ACTIVITY : Low-Tech Future
1. Try to imagine waking up one

day to find NO INTERNET, LIBRARIES
AND CELL PHONES.TV,
NEWSPAPERS, MAGAZINES, RADIO
STATIONS ANS TV CHANNELS have
also dissappeared.
1. How would you be informed of anything
now?
2. What ways would you have to to
communicate with one another?
3. How would you share information and
communicate news and events?
4. What would happen with the decisions
you usually make?
5.How would it affect the way you
live?
6.What would you personally miss
most in such a situation?
7. What would societty lose in this
situation?
ACTIVITY: GROUP TASK
1. EACH WILL BE ASSIGNED WITH THE
FOLLOWING TERMS;
Technology Literacy
Media Literacy
Information Literacy
Media Information Literacy
2. Formulate your own definition of the terms
and present to the class.
LITERACY
The ability to indentify, understand, interpret,
create, communicate, and compute, using
printed and written materials associated with
varying contexts.
It involves a continium of learning, wherein
individuals are able to achieve their goals,
develops their knowledge and potential and
participate fully in community and wider society
MEDIA
The physical objects used to
communicate with, or the mass
communication through physical
objects such as radio, television,
computers, film. etc.
-refers to any physical object used to
communicate messages.
MEDIA LITERACY
The ability to access, analyze,
evaluate and create media in a
variety of forms.
The ability to access, analyze,
evaluate and create media in a variety
of forms.
Media Literacy: Five Core Concepts
1. All media messages are constructed.

2.Media messages are constructed using a
creative language with its own rules.
3. Different people experience the same media
message differently.
4.Media have embedded values and points of
view.
5.Most media messages are organized to gain
INFORMATION
A broad term that covers

processed data, knowledge
derives from study,
experience, instruction,
signals or symbols.
INFORMATION LITERACY
The ability to recognize when

information is needed, and to
locate, evaluate, and effectively
communicate information in its
various formats.
Five components of Information Literacy:
1.Identify
2. find
3.evaluate
4. apply
5. acknowledge sources of information.
TECHNOLOGY LITERACY
The ability of an individual, either
working indepedently or with others, to
responsibly, appropriately and
effectively use technological tools.
Using theses tools an individual can access,

manage, integrate, evaluate, create and
communicate information.
MEDIA INFORMATION LITERACY
The essentials skills and competencies

that allow indivuals to engage with
media and other information providers
effectively as well as develop critical
thinking and life-long learning skills to
socialize and become active citizens.
ACTIVITY: GROUP DISCUSSION
1. In your own opinion, what makes an

individual literate in media
information?
2.What activities/ habits do you
practice which illustrate media and
information literacy. Give at least three
examples.
IDENTIFICATION
1._____ the abillity to identify, understand , interpret,
create communicate and compute using printed and
written materials associated with varying contexts.
2._____ a broad term that covers process data,
knowledge derived from study experience instruction,
signals or symbols
3. _____It amims to empower citizens by providing
them with the competencies necessary to engage
with traditional media and new technologies.
4. _____ the essentials skills and
competencies that allow individuals to
engage with media and other information
providers.
5. _____ the ability of individual either
working indepedently or with others to
responsibly
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1. Try to imagine waking up one

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Using theses tools an individual can access,

The essentials skills and competencies

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