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Unit 1: Understanding Media and Information Literacy - An Orientation

This document provides an orientation to understanding media and information literacy. It defines key terms like information and media. The learning objectives are for teachers to understand media and information literacy, the roles of media and other information providers, and how to explore these concepts in various media texts. Media play several important roles in society as channels of information, in facilitating debates, providing knowledge, and advocating for cultural expression and democratic values. The document discusses sourcing information and lists activities for teachers to consider characteristics of media and information literacy.

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Unit 1: Understanding Media and Information Literacy - An Orientation

This document provides an orientation to understanding media and information literacy. It defines key terms like information and media. The learning objectives are for teachers to understand media and information literacy, the roles of media and other information providers, and how to explore these concepts in various media texts. Media play several important roles in society as channels of information, in facilitating debates, providing knowledge, and advocating for cultural expression and democratic values. The document discusses sourcing information and lists activities for teachers to consider characteristics of media and information literacy.

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Unit 1: Understanding Media and

Information Literacy – An Orientation


Duration: 2 Hours

KEY TOPICS:
 Defining ‘information’ and ‘media’
 Exploring the importance of the media and other information providers
 Describing key learning outcomes of media and information literacy

LEARNING OBJECTIVES
At the end of this module teachers should be able to:

 Identify key learning outcomes/elements of media and information literacy


 Understand media and information literacy, and its importance and relevance in the lives of
students and teachers today
 Explore the roles of media and other information providers such as libraries, archives and
Internet
 Explore these roles in a variety of media and information texts

PEDAGOGICAL APPROACHES and ACTIVITIES


MULTIPLE ROLES OF MEDIA
Media and other information providers play a central role in information and communication
processes. They are one way of communicating information, although their role is much broader
than that. For the purpose of the MIL curriculum, media are defined (irrespective of the nature and
technologies used) as sources of credible and current information created through an editorial
process determined by journalistic values whereby editorial accountability can be attributed to a
specific organization or a legal person. To the extent that media are an important part of every
society’s communication system, their institutional make-up can mesh with a variety of non-media
information providers, such as libraries, museums, archives, Internet information providers, other
information organizations and citizens who produce their own content.Media play several roles.
They:

 act as channels of information and knowledge through which citizens communicate with each
other and make informed decisions
 facilitate informed debates between diverse social actors
 provide us with much of what we learn about the world beyond our immediate experience
 are means by which a society learns about itself and builds a sense of community
 function as a watchdog of government in all its forms, promoting transparency in public life
and public scrutiny of those with power through exposing corruption, maladministration and
corporate wrong-doing
 are essential facilitators of democratic processes and one of the guarantors of free and fair
elections
 are a vehicle for cultural expression and cultural cohesion within and between nations
 function as an advocate and social actor in its own right while respecting pluralistic values

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IMPORTANCE OF MIL FOR CITIZENS





ACTIVITIES

 Consider the characteristics of MIL described in Figure 1 in the Media and Information
Literacy Curriculum and Competency Framework for Teachers (Part 1). Discuss each
characteristic. Write down what each of these means to you. Do you think this description is
complete? What do you think should be included?
 Consider the following terminologies linked to different literacies relating to MIL and being
used by various actors around the world:
o Media literacy
o Library literacy
o Computer literacy
o Freedom of expression literacy
o Internet literacy
o Digital literacy
o News literacy
o Cinema literacy
o Games literacy

Using the Internet or a library, research various definitions of each of these terminologies.

 What do you observe about the relationship between and among these individual
terminologies or notions of MIL? Write one paragraph describing what would be your rationale
for combining media literacy and information literacy as MIL.

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