What is Act?
Act(ion) is the culmination of accessing, analyzing, and evaluating media messages.
We act by engaging civically as the result of thoughtful access, analysis, and evaluation of media messages we receive.
We act as a way to do something that challenges the status quo (often in opposition to mainstream media).
We act in response to breaking down thoughts, feelings, and ideas related to media.
Key Questions to ask when Acting on media messages:
What actions might I take in response to this message?
How might I participate productively?
What do I do with this information?
How do I get other people to act based on what I created?
How can you Act?
Empower others by advocating for media literacy education in schools and classroom instruction with teachers, school administrators, school boards, or local politicians,
Share reliable content online
Promote positive change by supporting social justice issues
Engage civically through demonstrations, voting, canvassing, etc.
Create counter-narratives with media that add your unique voice to the media landscape
Report or fight misinformation online
Educate others about media literacy by modeling good media literacy practices online
Ask your family, friends and peers critical questions to start conversations while engaging with media
Promote media literacy resources and efforts of those doing work in the media literacy community
The PBS NewsHour Student Reporting Labs (SRL) connects students with a network of public broadcasting mentors and an innovative journalism curriculum to develop digital media, critical thinking, and communication skills while producing original news reports.
