MEDIA LITERACY

MEDIA LITERACY

     FIRST VIDEO: WHAT IS MEDIA LITERACY?

IMPORTANT INFORMATION FROM THIS VIDEO IS 

1) OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH MEDIA AND 

2) THE MAIN CORPORATION IS TO MAKE MONEY

   PEOPLE'S RELATIONSHIP WITH MEDIA IS SOMETIMES OVERWHELMING.  SOME             PEOPLE HAVE THEIR OPINION EVERYWHERE, LITERALLY. THEY ALWAYS HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY, WHETHER IT'S NEGATIVE OR POSITIVE. OR EVEN SOME PEOPLE HAVE AN ADDICTION TO MEDIA. THEY CAN'T GO WITHOUT IT, WITHOUT HAVING A MELTDOWN.  IN OTHER CASES, THERE'S PEOPLE THAT AREN'T REALLY UP WITH THE SOCIAL MEDIA, THEY'RE JUST NOT INTO IT, OR MAYBE THEY DONT KNOW MUCH ABOUT IT. WITH ME, MY RELATIONSHIP WITH MEDIA IS FAIR. I DON'T USE A LOT OF IT BUT I DO HAVE AN IDEA ABOUT IT ALL. THE MAIN SOURCE OF MEDIA I USE IS FACEBOOK. I USE IT TO CONNECT WITH FAMILY THAT'S NOT NEAR ME, ETC.

  THE COMPANIES THAT OWN MEDIA, THEIR MAIN CORPORATION IS TO MAKE MONEY. THERE'S SOME ARTICLES YOU SEE ON FACEBOOK THAT ONLY ALLOW YOU TO READ SO FAR, THEN YOU HAVE TO SUBSCRIBE TO SEE THE REST, WHICH COSTS MONEY.  I HAVE TRIED TO DOWNLOAD CERTAIN GAME APPS TO MY PHONE, BUT SOME COST MONEY. 

    SECOND VIDEO: MEDIA LITERACY - EDUCATION AND CHOICE

 IMPORTANT INFORMATION FROM THIS VIDEO IS 

1) AUDIENCES ARE TARGETED BY COMMERCIALS AND ADVERTISEMENTS AND 

2) THE MEDIA CAN BE BEAUTIFUL, BUT ALSO DANGEROUS

    

        IN SOME COMMERCIALS, CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS ARE TOUCHED OR TARGETED. THAT'S BECAUSE IT'S MEANT FOR CERTAIN PEOPLE.  DEPENDING ON THE COMMERCIAL, SOME PEOPLE MAY BE GOING THROUGH WHAT IT'S ABOUT, OR NEED WHAT IT'S ADVERTISING. IN THE PAST, IM CERTAIN THERE WERE THINGS BEING ADVERTISED THAT WOULD HAVE HELPED OR BENEFITED ME, BECAUSE IN THAT TIME, I FELT I NEEDED OR WANTED IT. 

       THE MEDIA CAN BE BEAUTIFUL TO SEE PICTURES OF YOUR FAMILY, CONNECT WITH THEM IF THEY LIVE FAR AWAY, OR TO JUST GET AWAY FROM THE REAL WORLD FOR A LITTLE WHILE. SOMETIMES YOU SEE INFORMATION ABOUT THINGS THAT BENEFIT YOU, ETC. MEDIA CAN ALSO BE DANGEROUS. THERE ARE MANY TEENS WHO HAVE COMMITTED SUICIDE DUE TO CYBER BULLYING. SOME PEOPLE FEEL THE NEED TO BE NEGATIVE TOWARDS OTHERS, BECAUSE THEY ARE COWARDS. THEY ARE KNOWN AS "KEYBOARD WARRIORS". I HAVEN'T BEEN CYBER BULLIED MYSELF, BUT I HAVE HEARD PEOPLE'S HORROR STORIES OF LOVED ONES THEY LOST DUE TO CYBER BULLYING.