MEDIA AND INFORMATION LITERACY and to locate, evaluate, and effectively

MIL - The Media and Information Literacy communicate information in its various

course introduces the learners to basic formats.

understanding of media and information Technology Literacy: The ability of an individual,

as channels of communication and tools either working independently or with others, to

for the development of individuals and responsibly, appropriately, and effectively use

societies. technological tools. Using these tools an

Technology Literacy individual can access, manage, integrate,

Media Literacy evaluate, create and communicate information.

Information Literacy Media and Information Literacy: The essential

Media and Information Literacy skills and competencies that allow individuals to

engage with media and other information

Literacy: The ability to identify, providers effectively, as well as develop critical

understand, interpret, create, thinking and life-long learning skills to socialize

communicate and compute, using and become active citizens.

printed and written materials associated Media and Information Literacy

with varying contexts ❖competencies that emphasize the

Media: The physical objects used to development of enquiry-based skills and the

communicate with, or the mass ability to engage meaningfully (life-long

communication through physical learning skills to socialize and become active

objects such as radio, television, citizens) with media and information

computers, film, etc. channels in whatever form and technologies

Information: A broad term that they are using.

covers processed data, knowledge Media Literacy is the technical

derived from study, experience, production skills linked with producing

instruction, signals or symbols. media resources and the processes of

Media Literacy: The ability to access, critically examining or exploring

analyze, evaluate, and create media in a meanings behind media.

variety of forms. It aims to empower citizens Aim and Purpose of Media Literacy

by providing them with the competencies •For students to make healthy and wise

(knowledge and skills) necessary to engage choices as consumers of information.

with traditional media and new technologies •Students must use judgement in managing

Information Literacy: The ability to media through awareness, analysis,

recognize when information is needed, evaluation and production.

Information Literacy

“To be information literate, a person must

be able to recognize when information is

needed and have the ability to locate,

evaluate, and use effectively the needed

information.”

Information literacy is the ability to

recognise when information is needed and

to locate, evaluate, and use effectively the

needed information.

Information literacy is the ability to

recognise when information is needed and

to locate, evaluate, and use effectively the

needed information.
EVOLUTION
Telegraph
Developed in the 1830s and 1840s by Samuel Morse.
It worked by transmitting electrical signals over a wire
laid between stations.
AVAILABLE FORMS
Pre-Industrial Age (Before 1700s)
- People discovered fire, developed paper from plants,
and forged weapons and tools with stone, bronze,
copper and iron.
Examples:
• Cave paintings (35,000 BC)
• Clay tablets in Mesopotamia (2400 BC)
• Papyrus in Egypt (2500 BC)
• Acta Diurna in Rome (130 BC)
• Dibao in China (2nd Century)
Industrial Age (1700s-1930s) –
People used the power of steam, developed machine
tools, established iron production, and the
manufacturing of various products (including books
through the printing press).
Examples:
• Printing press for mass production (19th century)
• Newspaper- The London Gazette (1640)
• Typewriter (1800)
• Telephone (1876)
• Motion picture photography/projection(1890)
• Commercial motion pictures (1913)
• Motion picture with sound (1926)
• Telegraph
• Punch cards
Electronic Age (1900s-1980s) –
The invention of the transistor ushered in the
electronic age. People harnessed the power of
transistors that led to the transistor radio, electronic
circuits, and the early computers. In this age, long
distance communication became more efficient.
Examples:
• Transistor Radio
• Television (1941)
Information Age (1900s-2000s)
- The Internet paved the way for faster
communication and the creation of the social
network. People advanced the use of microelectronics
with the invention of personal computers, mobile
devices, and wearable technology. Moreover, voice,
image, sound and data are digitalized. We are now
living in the information age
Examples:
• Web browsers: Mosaic (1993), Internet Explorer
(1995)
• Blogs: Blogspot (1999), LiveJournal(1999),
Wordpress (2003)
• Social networks: Friendster (2002), Multiply (2003),
Facebook (2004)
• Microblogs: Twitter (2006), Tumblr (2007)
• Video: YouTube (2005)