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Mass Communication – is the process of imparting and changing information through mass media to
large segments of the population.
Literacy – the ability to identify, understand interpret, create communicate and compute, using printed
and written materials.
Media Literacy – the ability to access, analyze, evaluate, and create media in a variety of forms.
Information – broad term that covers processed data, knowledge derived from study, experience,
instruction, signals, or symbols.
Information Literacy – the ability to recognize when information is needed and to located, evaluate, and
effectively communicate.
Technology Literacy – the ability of an individual, either working independently or with others, to
responsibly, appropriately, and effective use technological tools.
Media and Information Literacy – the essential skills and competences that allow individual to engage
with media and other information provides effectively.
PRE-INDUSTRIAL AGE – people discovered fire, developed paper from plants, and forged weapons and
tools with stone, bronze, copper, and iron.
Cave painting
Papyrus in Egypt
Clay tablets in Mesopotamia
INDUSTRIAL AGE – people used the power of steam, developed machine tools.
Printing press for mass production
Newspaper the London gazette
Typewriter/Telephone
ELECTRONIC AGE – the invention of the transistor ushered in the electronic age.
Transistor
Television
Large electronic computer
INFORMATION AGE – the internet paved the way for faster communication and the creation of the
social network
Web Browser
Social Networks
Search Engines
Blogs
CHANNEL – provides opportunities for people to communicate, share ideas, speculate, tell stories, and
give information.
WATCHDOG – exposes corrupt practices of the government and the private sector.
RESOURSE – acts as a gateway of information for the society’s consumption.
ADVOCATE – through its diverse sources or formats, it bridges the gap.
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