A. Activity 1

As a student and a media and information literate I have learned many ways during the lessons about the different topics. In digital era we communicate in terms of technology and we uses smartphone in our daily lives. Example of this FB, Twitter, Instagram and more. The information coming from the media help me as a student and to be more literate in spreading information which should be accurate and verifiable. As we know that Media and Information Literacy depend on information to work optimally. The quality of information we engage with largely determines our perceptions, beliefs and attitudes. It could be information from other persons, the media, libraries, archives, or other information providers including those on the Internet. People across the world are witnessing a dramatic increase in access to information and communication. While some people are starved for information, others are flooded with print, broadcast and digital content. Media and Information Literacy provides answers to the questions that we all ask ourselves at some point. It becomes an important tool in modern communication and the digital age has made it easy for anyone to create media. We don’t always know who created something, why they made it, and whether it’s credible. This makes media literacy tricky to learn and teach. Nonetheless, media literacy is an essential skill in the digital age. I have also learned that Posting and sharing is a part of our daily routine. We have the right of every individual to hold opinions without interference and to seek, receive and impart information and ideas through any media and regardless of frontiers especially when it’s all about our ideal. Being a media user has a lot of responsibility in social media, we have this new kind of way to communicate with people that’s very immediate, sometimes alarmingly so, sometimes painfully so. If we could just hold some objectivity, a very direct, unfiltered, raw reflection of the way something is landing in the culture without any spin, or filtration, or anything, it’s very raw. We need to be more careful in posting links, pages or even personal status so we can prevent distortion.
Lastly, we should cherish our knowledge because it is a source of learning. But unless it is organized, processed, and available to the right people in a format for decision making, it is a burden, not a benefit.