Media Literacy
Dana Jones
What Does it Mean to be Media Literate??
In my own opinion, media means mass communication for the world. Examples of media for me would be the news, social networks, television, radio, and the press. To me the media can tell you just about anything whether it’s true or a not true. People share news in the media all the time which we refer to as social media. It just about controls our way of living and thinking. Our world depends on the media and has been for quite a few years now. What I think it means to be media literate is to be able to understand the content and purpose of the media. It can sometimes be deceiving in many ways and because of this I feel like it is important for people to get to know to the core. A lot of different people have their different opinion on how things should be portrayed in the media. If you are someone that puts material into the media, you have to learn how to say things in the right way so that people will not assume something else. However, if you are someone that reads, watches, or listens to the media you have to be able to detect the buffoonery. The media has a ton of power and I think that you have to be well aware of that. It is important that things like this get through to people the correct way. Others may be very mislead and others just may be perfectly fine and understand what is getting put into their heads.