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media  literacy

Media literacy is the ability to ACCESS, ANALYZE, EVALUATE, CREATE, and ACT using all forms of communication.
  • Media refers to all electronic or digital means and print or artistic visuals used to transmit messages.
  • Literacy is the ability to encode and decode symbols and to synthesize and analyze messages.​
  • Media literacy is the ability to encode and decode the symbols transmitted via media and the ability to synthesize, analyze and produce mediated messages.​​​
“Media Literacy Defined.” National Association for Media Literacy Education, 5 June 2020, namle.net/publications/media-literacy-definitions.

Things to think about when consuming media:

Click on each slide to read more on a particular topic.
​Slideshow credit:   News Literacy Project, 1 Sept. 2020, newslit.org.
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