Media Literacy as part of Digital Literacy 4.5

Media literacy refers to the ability to access, analyze, evaluate, and produce communication in a variety of forms and it involves many components of technology literacy as well. It can be broken down as below:

1. AUDIENCE, 
2. MESSAGE, 
3. MEANING,
4.  RESPONSIBILITY
5.  AND REALITY. 

Briefly it can be practiced using some of the following questions  below:

• Why was this advert made?

• What does it want me to do?

• Who is the target audience? /who is this for? /who are they talking to?

• Who might be harmed by this message?

• What does the story teller want me to remember?

• How does this make me feel and how do my emotions influence my interpretation of this?

• What does this want me to think about?

• What would someone learn from this?

• How might different people understand this differently?

• What is my interpretation and what do I learn about myself from my interpretation?

• Is this a fact, opinion or something else?

• How credible is this and how do I know?

• Can I trust this source to tell me the truth about this advert?

Digital infused lesson 4.4

In the digital literacy there is critical thinking, creativity, sharing collaboration and communication. But it is almost a must to be ethical, to stay safe and manage risks in the digital world, and as well use technology to participate in educational, cultural and economic activities.

The areas which are new to my understanding include:
Risk management in the digital world and also the visual-static representations. I have never imagined of drawing cartoons, or even forming any comic strip in my life. I only observe them in newspapers and Kids' magazines.