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Roles of Media Literacy

The document discusses the roles of media literacy and types of social media. It outlines 6 roles of media literacy: 1) thinking critically, 2) becoming a smart consumer, 3) recognizing point of view, 4) creating media responsibly, 5) identifying the role of media in culture, and 6) understanding the author's goal. It then describes 5 types of social media: 1) social media news websites, 2) social networking websites, 3) photo and video sharing, 4) microblogging and blogging websites, and 5) social media review websites.

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Roles of Media Literacy

The document discusses the roles of media literacy and types of social media. It outlines 6 roles of media literacy: 1) thinking critically, 2) becoming a smart consumer, 3) recognizing point of view, 4) creating media responsibly, 5) identifying the role of media in culture, and 6) understanding the author's goal. It then describes 5 types of social media: 1) social media news websites, 2) social networking websites, 3) photo and video sharing, 4) microblogging and blogging websites, and 5) social media review websites.

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ROLES OF MEDIA

LITERACY
ROLES OF MEDIA LITERACY

1. Learn to think critically


When people evaluate media, they decide if the messages make
sense, including the key ideas before being convinced on the information
that they get from it.

2. Become a smart consumer of products and information Media


literacy helps individuals learn how to determine whether something is
credible, especially the advertising before they can be persuaded with the
products sale.
3. Recognize point of view

Identifying an author’s perspective helps individuals


appreciate ideas in the context of what they already know.

4. Create media responsibly


Recognizing one’s ideas and appropriately expressing one’s
thoughts lead to effective communication
5. Identify the role of media in our culture
Media conveys something, shapes understanding of the
world, and makes an individual to act or think in a certain ways.

6. Understand the author’s goal.


Understanding and recognizing the type of influence
something has, people can make better choices.
SOCIAL MEDIA

Social media is a term that describes websites to


connect people and involve user-generated content,
which is the hallmark of a social media site. It is
sometimes called Web 2.0 which is currently a huge
opportunity to reach target audience and increase
online sales ( Go, 2019)
TYPES OF SOCIAL MEDIA

1. Social Media News Websites


It entails user to submit links to Web content like articles,
podcast, videos, etc. that they find interesting such as Digg,
Reddit and Stumble Upon.
2. Social Media Networking Websites
It depicts ability to upload a personal profile that usually
connects people, such as Linkedin (social networking for
professionals) and Facebook (social networking for everyone).
These sites serve as a venue for meeting people and
developing relationships that can lead to joint-venture
partnerships, career opportunities and research
3. Social Media Photo and Video Sharing.
it allows user’s to upload photos through facebook, Instagram
and Pinterest while videos through Youtube
4. Microblogging and Blogging Websites.
Sometimes called ‘’presence apps’, these services let users
post very short messages like blogging, and easily keep up with
their friends are posting. Twitter is the most popular
microblogging service that limits to 280 characters per post and
allows to follow a set users from one dashboard. SnapChat,
which is video –based.
5. Social Media Review Websites.
It shows how social reviews can make or break a company
or an organization, such as Amazon and eBay.

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