Media information literacy

Group 1
 Approaches to the relationship
between media and society
• Media is important that a known scholar
marshall mcluhan says that medium is the
message
• No medium no message to be communicated
• Media gives voice to the voiceless
• Democracy cant survive without media and
media is the important source of democracy
Media and Information Literacy as
Citizen Engagement
 What is Citizen Engagement?
• Plays critical role in advocating and helping to
make public institutions more transparent and
effective for the benefit of citizens
• Requires an active, intentional dialogue
between citizens and public decision maker
 What is MIL?
• Linked to access to information, free
expression, and education
• Media Information Literacy will act as a citizen
engagement therefore the ordinary people
will easily access the information and
advocate other people to make public
institutions more transparent snd effective
 Media Information Literacy
education

10 benefits of MILin education

• Meets the needs of students to be wise
consumer of media
• Engages students
• Gives students and teachers alike a common
approach to critical thinking
• Provides an opportunity for integrating all
subject areas
• Help meet state standards
• Increases the ability and proficiency of
students
• Media literacys "inquiry process" transforms
teaching
• By focusing on process skills rather than
content knowledge
• By using a replicable model for
implementstion
• Not only benefits individual students but
benefits society