Media Information Literacy

Pre-industrial age (before 1700) People discovered fire, developed paper from plants, and forged weapons and tools with stone, bronze, copper and iron. Example: • 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) • codex in mayan region (5th century) • printing pressusing wood blocks (220 ad)  Industrial age (1700s to 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). Example: • printing press for mass production (1900) • newspaper- the london gazette (1740) • typewriter (1800) • telephone (1876) • motion picture photography/projection (1890) • commercial motion pictures (1913) • motion picture with sound (1926) • telegraph • punch cards Electronic age (1930s to 19...

What is Media and Information Literacy?          Media and information literacy  is 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. It includes information, communication and digital literacy. It is defined as a set of competencies that empowers citizens to access, retrieve, understand, evaluate and use, create, as well as share information and media content in all formats, using various tools, in a critical, ethical and effective way, in order to participate and engage in personal, professional and societal activities. The following terms are needed in Media and Information Literacy: MEDIA The physical objects used to communicate with, or the mass communication through physical objects such as radio, television, computer, film, etc. It also refers to any ...