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— Oscar Wilde.
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Media Information Literacy
Learning’s from the Subject ⭐
As a student I learned a lot during the discussion about different topics. The media we are using now became part of our lives and we can get any kind of information from everywhere we go in just click. The information coming from the media guided me as a student and helped me a lot to become literate in spreading information which should be real and factual. The quality of information we engage with largely determines our perceptions, beliefs and attitudes. It could be information from other persons, the media, libraries, archives, or other information providers including those on the Internet. People across the world are witnessing a dramatic increase in access to information and communication. While some people are starved for information, others are flooded with print, broadcast and digital content.
⭐ The Ephemeral flight of social interaction through the lenses of social platforms ⭐
It is true that our lives are way better comparing it to 100 years ago. We can receive messages from any parts of the world in an instant compared to the telegrams our grandfathers and grandmothers sent to each other that would take a week or more to arrive. We are accustomed to this familiar feeling of “instant everything”. When we woke up in this world, communication technology is already at its golden years. “We are able to be with one another, and also elsewhere, connected to wherever we want to be” (Flight from Conversations by Sherry Turkle, New York Times, April 21, 2012). There is this phenomena that we want to customize our lives, we want to have control on where we want to focus our attention because we don’t want to waste our precious time, the question here is “are we really making the right decision?” We tend to chase the idea of zero effort on everything we tend to sacrifice real life interactions just for mere connections. On this very point of time the purpose of effective communication is nullified by our excessive and unwise use of social media. The quantity of connections doesn’t really alleviate our way of life if it compromises real time relationships and interactions. The paved way for the ephemeral flight of social interaction that will eventually arrive to a failure of communication if not given remedy.
Technology doesn’t cause turmoil on human progress, the way we handle technology compromises the human aspect of communication. Conversation is the primary element of a human’s social aspect; it requires patience as the conversation builds up unlike mere connection where everything is in shortcut it is way easier. Connection is like a spark in a social media platform; its purpose is random in nature. Just like this example. You want to add a girl on the social media, you are confident to connect with her because unlike real life conversation where you stutter and get shut. Yes, random people can also communicate to you in an instant. The question is “are you really safe with your connections in the social media?” The answer is no, there are many people in social media with varied reasons upon their expressing of wanting to connect with you, be careful on connecting with the information circulating on social platforms because some of it are fraudulent. According to the FBI’s 2017 Internet Crime Report, the Internet Crime Complaint Center (received about 300,000 complaints. Victims lost over $1.4 billion in online fraud in 2017. That is why Media information literacy is introduced to give solution from these malicious connections.
⭐Our Journey in MIL subject⭐
Being a media user has a lot of responsibility in order to maintain peace and order even in social media world. On the other hand, I have become more well oriented and informed because of social media through the news and blog being posted in it which is a good characteristic of media.
As a whole MIL is not just a subject but a really helpful way of being media and information literate. The learnings should be treasured and be actions in such a way that it will become a way of improving the society not destroying it. As a media user because of MIL I have became a better and good person that media helped me to never be afraid of your feelings.
Lastly, we should treasure this technology because it will certainly be a good use for future generation that will help others too as time goes by.
JULYNE ASHLEY VILLAS
12-RESPONSIBILITY
Introduce Yourself (Example Post)
This is an example post, originally published as part of Blogging University. Enroll in one of our ten programs, and start your blog right.
You’re going to publish a post today. Don’t worry about how your blog looks. Don’t worry if you haven’t given it a name yet, or you’re feeling overwhelmed. Just click the “New Post” button, and tell us why you’re here.
Why do this?
- Because it gives new readers context. What are you about? Why should they read your blog?
- Because it will help you focus you own ideas about your blog and what you’d like to do with it.
The post can be short or long, a personal intro to your life or a bloggy mission statement, a manifesto for the future or a simple outline of your the types of things you hope to publish.
To help you get started, here are a few questions:
- Why are you blogging publicly, rather than keeping a personal journal?
- What topics do you think you’ll write about?
- Who would you love to connect with via your blog?
- If you blog successfully throughout the next year, what would you hope to have accomplished?
You’re not locked into any of this; one of the wonderful things about blogs is how they constantly evolve as we learn, grow, and interact with one another — but it’s good to know where and why you started, and articulating your goals may just give you a few other post ideas.
Can’t think how to get started? Just write the first thing that pops into your head. Anne Lamott, author of a book on writing we love, says that you need to give yourself permission to write a “crappy first draft”. Anne makes a great point — just start writing, and worry about editing it later.
When you’re ready to publish, give your post three to five tags that describe your blog’s focus — writing, photography, fiction, parenting, food, cars, movies, sports, whatever. These tags will help others who care about your topics find you in the Reader. Make sure one of the tags is “zerotohero,” so other new bloggers can find you, too.
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