Media literacy is everywhere. When you think of the things that you have done today you would be astonished when you see how much media you have been exposed to without your knowledge of it. Our world and culture has conformed around the many forms of media that we have to offer. When recalling the definition of media literacy I went and found on http://www.wikipedia.org/ that Media literacy is: the process of accessing, analyzing, evaluating and creating messages in a wide variety of media modes, genres and forms.
Media literacy is a very important part of our society and I became in my opinion somewhat knowledgeable about recently. The amount of time that people spend watching the television or on the internet is on the rise and continues to rapidly grow. It is something that should be taught at an early age and continued to be taught throughout life. If used correctly and not over whelming I feel that it can make our society better off.
Media literacy for children is an important learning tool. Learning about media literacy at a young age can be used to help children at a later time be able to filter out irrelevant messages. Having the knowledge of this media literacy at a young age can protect people from: trap 3 a false sense of control from Media Literacy Third Edition by W. James Potter stating that, “But the irony is that as we are offered greater control, we exercise less and less control” (8).
Children need to learn to be media literate while their minds are still developing. It allows children to think outside the box and not wait for someone else to tell them what to do. We want the new age to be able to read into the messages that are being portrayed by the media. We want them to know how the media sways the people, to be able to pull out hidden messages, and interoperate the messages.
Learning about triggers was very interesting I feel that it makes people more aware of their surroundings. They can take your attention away from something that you were doing and have you focus on something new. These are things that are good to become educated about at a young age.
We need to keep a focus on starting children at a young age where they are still influential. Rather than waiting until they are old enough to start making decisions on their own. Emotionally media literacy can help also. It can help people fully understand their emotions on what they see or hear on television.
Children should be exposed regularly to media literacy starting as soon as possible. It can help them understand things in the media that they would not have even thought twice about. It can defiantly help them in the future. By the way our word is drastically changing with the media it can really help them to learn and make decisions on their own. If I could go back and change what I learned at a young age I certainly would have added media literacy to my education.
Media literacy is a very important part of our society and I became in my opinion somewhat knowledgeable about recently. The amount of time that people spend watching the television or on the internet is on the rise and continues to rapidly grow. It is something that should be taught at an early age and continued to be taught throughout life. If used correctly and not over whelming I feel that it can make our society better off.
Media literacy for children is an important learning tool. Learning about media literacy at a young age can be used to help children at a later time be able to filter out irrelevant messages. Having the knowledge of this media literacy at a young age can protect people from: trap 3 a false sense of control from Media Literacy Third Edition by W. James Potter stating that, “But the irony is that as we are offered greater control, we exercise less and less control” (8).
Children need to learn to be media literate while their minds are still developing. It allows children to think outside the box and not wait for someone else to tell them what to do. We want the new age to be able to read into the messages that are being portrayed by the media. We want them to know how the media sways the people, to be able to pull out hidden messages, and interoperate the messages.
Learning about triggers was very interesting I feel that it makes people more aware of their surroundings. They can take your attention away from something that you were doing and have you focus on something new. These are things that are good to become educated about at a young age.
We need to keep a focus on starting children at a young age where they are still influential. Rather than waiting until they are old enough to start making decisions on their own. Emotionally media literacy can help also. It can help people fully understand their emotions on what they see or hear on television.
Children should be exposed regularly to media literacy starting as soon as possible. It can help them understand things in the media that they would not have even thought twice about. It can defiantly help them in the future. By the way our word is drastically changing with the media it can really help them to learn and make decisions on their own. If I could go back and change what I learned at a young age I certainly would have added media literacy to my education.
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