What is media literacy? According to the Oxford dictionary it is the ability to critically analyze stories presented in the mass media and to determine their accuracy or credibility.
MediaLiteracyNo.org defines media literacy is the ability to:
Decode media messages (including the systems in which they exist);
Assess the influence of those messages on thoughts, feelings, and behaviors; and
Create media thoughtfully and conscientiously.
Being media literate means you can access, analyze, and evaluate different sources of media and make informed, critical, decisions about them. It also means you can create quality, legitimate, content. It also means you can act on this media. Acting to create good content, and acting to make informed, and critical decisions about the content, and it's authenticity, you consume