The word “literacy” usually describes the ability to read and write.
Reading literacy and media literacy have a lot in common.
Starting with recognizing letters and identifying words, readers need to understand what those words mean.
Media literacy is the ability to identify different types of media and understand the messages they’re sending.
Kids take in a huge amount of information from a large number of sources: text messages, social media, video games, advertising and more. But all media shares one thing: someone created it. And it was created for a reason. Understanding that reason is the basis of media literacy, no matter how reliable the information is.
Kids take in a huge amount of information from a large number of sources: text messages, social media, video games, advertising and more. But all media shares one thing: someone created it. And it was created for a reason. Understanding that reason is the basis of media literacy, no matter how reliable the information is.