Five Laws of Media and Information Literacy

1.) Search and Post the Five laws of MIL.

 Law One
Information, communication, libraries, media, technology, the Internet as well as other forms of
information providers are for use in critical civic engagement and sustainable development.
They are equal in stature and none is more relevant than the other or should be ever treated as
such.
 Law Two
Every citizen is a creator of information/knowledge and has a message. They must be
empowered to access new information/knowledge and to express themselves. MIL is for all –
women and men equally – and a nexus of human rights.
 Law Three
Information, knowledge, and messages are not always value neutral, or always independent of
biases. Any conceptualization, use and application of MIL should make this truth transparent
and understandable to all citizens.
 Law Four
Every citizen wants to know and understand new information, knowledge and messages as well
as to communicate, even if she/he is not aware, admits or expresses that he/she does. Her/his
rights must however never be compromised.
 Law Five
Media and information literacy is not acquired at once. It is a lived and dynamic experience and
process. It is complete when it includes knowledge, skills and attitudes, when it covers access,
evaluation/assessment, use, production and communication of information, media and
technology content.

2.3. ) Explain each law using your own words. Site/Give examples to support your explanation.

 Law One
- All forms of information providers have equal roles and importance in our society. It can
provide equal information that is needed by the people to become more knowledgeable.
Thus, we should not be bias when it comes to choosing on what forms of information
providers are we going to use when we want to be informed about a certain topic or
situation. Like for example, the use of technology has come a long way and people are more
on using these technologies and medias rather than using books as sources of information
and it does not makes the books irrelevant because all forms of information providers are
useful to help the people engage critically.
 Law Two
- Each one of us has the ability to create information or knowledge. We can also be a good
source when it comes to sharing information, knowledge and a message to other people.
Every people have equal rights, we have the right and we deserve to express ourselves and
give our own opinions and insights for the better of our society. Like for example, there are
people who love to post blogs on their blog sites to share information, their insights and
express themselves. This is a good thing that we are open and we accept anyone’s own
opinion.

 Law Three
- The information, knowledge and messages that we got are not free from our own biases. It
does not direct on our emotions or based on our own personal beliefs, attitudes and values.
We should consider that we have different perceptions and understanding on a certain topic
or situation, so any application or use of MIL should be true and understandable to every
citizen. Like for example, there are news that are posted online and sometimes it may be
not accurate because some journalists may be bias when it comes to reporting facts. They
sometimes may choose a side that they think is right and go with it.

 Law Four
- Everyone wants to discover new information and as well as to communicate with one
another to gain enough information. We can see that every person is a potential learner and
information consumer even though if they think they’re not. We must settle differences to
meet their demands. Like for example, the government must not neglect the people about
information on what is happening in the society even though they’re not asking because
they still have the right to know.

 Law Five
- Media and information literacy is evolving and we cannot acquire this at once because there
is a constant change of information, knowledge and messages. It is a dynamic process in
which we can still discover a lot of information and knowledge that we need to develop and
educate ourselves. Like for example, the library is evolving and it is updated with needed
information that would be useful and helpful to everyone.