What is media literacy?

the capacity to evaluate news reports critically and decide whether they are credible or accurate. It is highly important in the era of media driven by brilliant technologies. According to Valtonen, T. (2019) , media literacy is a life skill that helps people, particularly young people, understand, analyze, and influence the media. 

media literacy skills

According to (Sahin & Thompson, 2017)  the are four media skills namely access, analyze, evaluate and communicate. Access means finding and utilizing the proper media tools, accessing the desired information through these methods, and understanding the significance of the contents. Analyze refers  to dividing messages into meaningful units. Evaluate means to make judgements about the quality or the value of a media content. Lastly, communicate  means to make judgements about the quality or the value of a media content.  

to read more about the skills click here (Sahin & Thompson, 2017) 

Advantages and disavantages of media literacy

click here to learn about the advantages and disadvantages (TED,2006)  

What should you do after this lesson as an empowered citizen

Learners should be able to navigate the vast amount of information available on the internet and evaluate its credibility. They should be able to identify fake news and propaganda and understand the importance of fact-checking and verifying sources. media can influence citizen both positive and negative because not all media information is helpful.