Importance of being a Media and Information Literate

The world changes rapidly and things are getting technological related. Everything now depends on
technology before it works and it makes the life of every individual easier as ever. We need to make sure
that as a person we know a knowledge on how to operate certain machine or anything that needs
technology before it works.
If you are ready or prepared about these changes and you are already literate when it comes to media and
technology, it will easier for you to go with the flow. We are now living in 21 st Century.
We need to expose ourselves into the reality where the world needs computers and technology to work
well.
It would be difficult for us living in the 21st century while being media illiterate. We all know that media
doesn't always give accurate information or we should say false information.
Media illiterate person is easily manipulated and fooled by media. Fooled persons by the media would
likely make something unpleasant reactions to a certain twisted information because they believed unto
something which is not actually true and yes, there are person uses the media to brainwash us.
This needs to stop, we can only stop this just by thinking critically and understanding the information
provided by the media. Being information literate is important in our day to day lives to be able to process
the information.
We should be knowledgeable when it comes to media and information for ourselves’ sake. Considering
that not only you can benefit your knowledge about media and information literacy but also your peers,
family and anyone whom you are with.

Being a media and information literate can influence and change others' perspective about a certain topic
or issues through posting your thoughts and opinions on Social Networking Sites (SNS). Your opinions
and ideas may influence the netizens either good or in a bad way.
As a media literate, we must be rational in our every act that we've done on the social media. Everything
we act in social media is affiliated with our responsibility. You need to be information literate to act in the
world according to the best knowledge available. To sum up, Media and Information literacy would turn
you into an intellectual receiver and sender of information in media and any other platform.