What is media literacy? Why is so important? Why is it dismissed?

Nowadays, Social media is the major way of information exchange. People from anywhere can communicate each other though the social media. With technology moving forward, people have more ways to obtain information, and we have many big Social media platform like Facebook, Instagram. However, the information is not always true and valid on social media, and some information like fake news can easily to misleading people’s mind. As time move forward, social media has huge impact on the young generation. Media literacy is more like a regulation and framework to access, analyze, evaluate and creating messages. As social media becomes the only place that people receive information(news). In especially, young kids started to blindly believe anything from social media, which brings many risks to our young generation. Therefore, people not only need filtering different content with social literacy, but also should have ability to thinking critically while we receiving information on social media. Information spreads very fast on Social media; therefore, big amount of information cannot always be verified.

Why should you aim for varied views but the factual consensus in your PLN?

Social media is an open accessed platform for everyone, and Not everyone has the same voice on a topic. However, we do need different voices on the social media in order to improve. Publisher will have better solution to something by listening people’s advices from different perspective. Therefore, In my PLN, I will encourage people to get involved, and share their opinion, no matter is approbatory comments or criticize.

Open dialogues about media literacy and factual information can create conflict, why does this happen?

Different people have different opinions base on their education, knowledge, and environment background. the users can demonstrate Media Literacy through aiming for varied views and factual consensus. Sometimes, people need to ensure that the information is reliable and accurate, but it is very difficult to get one reliable accurate when there are too many voices outside. Therefore I think that creates the major conflict.

What is the benefit of having a PLN that values media literacy?

Nowadays, people are extremely reliant on internet (social media) to receiving information. Having a PLN that values media literacy can benefit the most of users by making information more accurate. Also media literacy aims to eliminate thing like cyber-violence, and pornographic information, which creates a better social media environment for young generation.

Works Cited

Miller, Jesse. “EDCI 338 A01- Smith, Julie.” YouTube, 1 Nov. 2020, youtu.be/Z_T9RghwJlI.