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Quarter 1 – Module 1:
Introduction to Media and
Information Literacy
Media and Information Literacy
Alternative Delivery Mode
Quarter 1 – Module 1: Introduction to Media and Information Literacy
First Edition, 2020
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For the learner:
Welcome to the Media and Information Literacy 12 Alternative Delivery Mode (ADM)
Module on Introduction to Media and Information Literacy!
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What I Need to Know This will give you an idea of the skills or
competencies you are expected to learn in the
module.
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Assessment This is a task which aims to evaluate your
level of mastery in achieving the learning
competency.
1. Use the module with care. Do not put unnecessary mark/s on any part of the
module. Use a separate sheet of paper in answering the exercises.
2. Don’t forget to answer What I Know before moving on to the other activities
included in the module.
3. Read the instruction carefully before doing each task.
4. Observe honesty and integrity in doing the tasks and checking your answers.
5. Finish the task at hand before proceeding to the next.
6. Return this module to your teacher/facilitator once you are through with it.
If you encounter any difficulty in answering the tasks in this module, do not
hesitate to consult your teacher or facilitator. Always bear in mind that you are
not alone.
We hope that through this material, you will experience meaningful learning and
gain deep understanding of the relevant competencies. You can do it!
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What I Need to Know
This module was designed and written with you in mind. It is here to help you master
the nature of Media and Information Literacy. The scope of this module permits it to
be used in many different learning situations. The language used recognizes the
diverse vocabulary level of students. The lessons are arranged to follow the standard
sequence of the course. But the order in which you read them can be changed to
correspond with the textbook you are now using.
A. Choose the letter of the best answer and write it on a separate sheet of paper.
3. The ability to access, analyze, evaluate, and create media in a variety of forms.
a. information literacy b. media literacy c. technology literacy
4. The essential skills and competencies that allow individuals to engage with media
and other information providers effectively.
a. information literacy b. media literacy c. technology literacy
5. The ability to recognize when information is needed, and to locate, evaluate, and
effectively communicate information in its various formats.
a. information literacy b. media literacy c. technology literacy
7. A broad term that covers processed data, knowledge derived from study,
experience, instruction, signals or symbols.
a. information b. literacy c. media
Lesson
Introduction to Media and
1 Information Literacy
In this lesson, we learn media and information literacy so that we can value them as
part of communication tools. One reason we need to be media and information
literate is so that we can understand media and information sources.
Poster Analysis
What is the message of the following poster?
Do you agree with the message? Why or why not?
Write your answer on a sheet of paper.
A. B.
C. D.
What is It
Media Literacy: The ability to access, analyze, evaluate, and create media in a
variety of forms. It aims to empower citizens by providing them with the competencies
(knowledge and skills) necessary to engage with traditional media and new
technologies.
Information: A broad term that covers processed data, knowledge derived from
study, experience, instruction, signals or symbols.
Media and Information Literacy: The essential skills and competencies that allow
individuals to engage with media and other information providers effectively, as well
as develop critical thinking and life-long learning skills to socialize and become active
citizens.
Media and information literacy enables people to interpret and make informed
judgments as users of information and media, as well as to become skillful creators
and producers of information and media messages in their own right. MIL combines
media literacy and information literacy under one term, and includes a combination
of competencies. Media literacy emphasizes the ability to understand media
functions, evaluate how they are performed and use them for self-expression, while
information literacy emphasizes the importance of access to information and
the evaluation and ethical use of such information. It recognizes the primary role of
information and media in our everyday lives. It focuses on the freedom of expression
and information since it empowers citizens to understand the functions of media and
other information providers, to evaluate their content, and to make informed
criticism as users and producer of information and media content.
The Low-tech Future
1. We are living in the 21at Century, where people are dependent on technology.
2. As the learners to imagine waking up one day to find no Internet, libraries, and
cell phones. Newspapers, magazines, radio stations and TV channels have also
disappeared.
3. Answer the following questions:
• How would you be informed of anything now?
• What ways would you have to communicate with one another?
• How would you share information and communicate news and events?
• What would happen with the decisions you usually make?
• How would it affect the way you live?
• What would you personally miss most in such a situation?
• What would society lose in this situation?
Media- the media makes communicating a lot easier than before, there is internet
present today which enables chatting with friends and families through phone
screens. It greatly affects the distribution of information; it widens the range in just
a short time. There is also TV Networks, radios, that communicates with a large
amount of people.
You see, these two things mentioned greatly affects Communication in many ways.
But it helps for a greater cause, we people find the best ways to reach our loved ones
and any other people on that matter. For we want to make things easier and less of
a hassle, it is called innovating/ improving communication.
What’s More
4. Verbal is communicating by .
( gesture , voice )
Independent Assessment 1.
Direction: Using a Venn diagram, write the similarities and differences of media
literacy, information literacy, and technology literacy.
What I Have Learned
CHARACTERISTICS
RESPONSIBLE USER OF MEDIA COMPETENT PRODUCER OF MEDIA
INFORMATION INFORMATION
Refrain from bullying acts either Refrain from being biased and
verbal, emotional, catcalling and does not target any individual,
cyberbullying groups or organizations
Knowledgeable about what
Knowledgeable about Network
he/she shall be posting under a
Etiquette may it be formal or
specific time and varying
informal
circumstances
Does not use media as source of Does not use media as channels
pirated works for piracy
Comments legibly which have
Acts as they would in real life,
gone through several thinking
following the Golden Rule
before clicking
Creates posts that are positive
and factual and does not show Never post fake news
falsity
What I Can Do
Make an editorial or picture that shows value of being literate in media and
information.
Assessment
Additional Activities