Media literacy is crucial in today’s digital age, as information is shared across various media channels. It helps individuals recognize, evaluate, and understand the proper way of news and information.
Being media literate is essential for detecting problems from different types of media, understanding content, and navigating the digital age. It helps individuals recognize fake news, understand bias, critical thinking, privacy awareness, and protect themselves from frauds, scams, and sharing personal details with the wrong people.
Practicing media literacy involves four dimensions: cognitive, emotional, aesthetic, and moral. Cognitive dimension involves critical thinking about content to expand knowledge structure, emotional dimension evaluates feelings created by creators, aesthetic dimension determines how media messages make us believe content will deliver on promises, and moral dimension examines understanding values.
Media literacy is the art of magical glasses that help individuals navigate the digital age and protect themselves from misinformation and scams.
Shaina Matta
Sukkur