Visual Literacy And Social Justice Education

By definition, Media Literacy is defined as the ability to access, analyze, evaluate, and create media. The power of the media should not be underestimated. Millions of teens and adults spend hours watching television and surfing the web on a daily basis. With the use of media literacy, these individuals that utilize hours of their daily lives can be protected from pressures of media disinformation that also pushes them to become the idealistic human model it wishes them to be. By teaching majority of our communities about media literacy, we can free them from the standardized pressures of society itself. These free beings will no longer feel the needs to live up to the expectations of the media as they will discover the falsified truth when analyzed deeply. Educating the population will not only free their minds mentally, but it will strengthen their capability of thinking also. Media Literacy provides opportunities for anyone to build communication skills, boost his or her confidents to interpret multiple media sources at the same time, and as well as realistically designating the portrayal of his or her position along with others’ in a perspective view. One can take advantage of media literacy to improve his or her media use habits, such as constant television viewing behaviors. With the impact of educating the life of an individual with Media Literacy, we can advance the habitual uses of media of that human being’s family and develop more intellectual

Technology has become a force in the information world. You can watch, listen or read about an event in real time on your television, radio or smart phone. That seems to be a good thing but when different networks are fighting to put out the news first, the truth can be lost in the process. So, what does media literacy even mean? The website, commonsensemedia.org, defines media literacy as the ability to identify different types of media and understand the messages they are sending.” Technology and the digital age as made it easy for everyone to create and distribute media. One of the main issues with the media, weather it is the news, social media or the radio, is we do not always know who created it, why they created it or is it even creditable. Understanding media literacy helps us with make smarter decisions, see different points of view, communicate effectively and helps determine which sources are credible.

The course provides an introduction to the most prominent forms of media that influence and impact social, business, political, and popular culture in contemporary America. It explores the unique aspects of each medium as well as interactions across various media that combine to create rich environments for information sharing, entertainment, business, and social interaction in the U.S. and around the world.

The media today is something that is used more than anything else by teens to obtain information about the world. “Social media in this day and age cannot be ignored; it is now a critical part of presidential politics, it has been part of the revolutions in the Middle East and its going to be an unavoidable part of high-profile legal cases; just as traditional media continue to be” (Hochberg 1). The media have reached the peak of influence since the beginning;

Assignment: As the documentary Miss Representation explains, “The media is now the message and the messenger.” Every day, we take in countless hours of media that influence how we view others and in turn how we view ourselves. It is our responsibility to consume media in an intelligent way AND fight back against negative messages put forth by the media.

Media literacy is something that should be taught in middle and high schools all over the world. Social media has become one of the biggest aspects in our lives, and media literacy needs to be taught to show how it actually works. Teenagers are the biggest group of people who would most likely be using social media the most. If media literacy was taught in schools, there might be some kind of positive change.

Lazere, Donald. Reading and Writing for Civic Literacy. Thinking Critically About Mass Media. London: Paradigm Publishers, 2009. Print

With so many different forms of media, it is no wonder that the media affects society in so many ways, which is resulting in a change in the way people see themselves and others around them. The website dictionary.reference.com defines media as “a plural of medium; the means of communication, as radio and television, newspapers, and magazines, that reach or influence people widely.” This mainstream media is most prominent in North America. However, it is apparent in most countries. The pattern created is a steady increase in the popularity of media and its influence. This is coupled by an increase in teenage insecurities regarding

In the discussions regarding the influences media presents to our society two important factors must be included. On factor, called media literacy was addressed by an educator, Renee Hobbs. Hobbs is quoted saying “Just because our students can use the media and technology doesn’t mean they are effective at critically analyzing and evaluating the messages they receive.” Hobbs continues to express her ideas, by saying children need to be taught the skills to ask important questions about the media they watch, see, listen to and

As the population of people around the world grows, the population of people involved with medias does too. Mass media, social media, news papers and so on and so forth all play heavy roles in how we as a society live and interact with each other on a daily basis. According to oxford dictionaries media is defined as the main means of mass communication (especially television, radio newspapers and the internet). A facet of social media that people all over the world see is television. To get the latest news whether its political, local or even social, millions of people tune into their televisions everyday. I’m interested to know “what is the media’s role into the lives of our American youth?”. The reason that I’m interested in this is because I feel that, the media shape the lives we live in as a society and its role can directly impact our youth as they watch, listen and read onto different parts of media’s there are.

The mass media has become an indispensable part of our daily lives. People read newspapers, magazines, own television, computer or (and) have access to the internet, so in

Each student will write a report and lead the class in a discussion on Canvas that covers the selected topic related to mass media (above).  Specific examples and details will be provided on Canvas. The points will also be earned through a combination of discussions and responses to Discussion Facilitator reports meant to help you further connect course concepts to your life during the quarter. Students must respond to all peer reports in a timely manner. The report will be included in the Individual Website.

The effects media has on people are unknown but are becoming more evident as media is expanding. In a world of instant media, people do not realize how much non-truths they are being fed daily. Whether it be a popup article on Facebook or the current news story on the evening news, it is hard to discern fact from fiction. Media is also influencing day-to-day life whether it be on what we buy, which way to take to work, where the bad neighborhood is. Media’s goal is not to always tell the truth sometimes its goal to make the population think the way media wants them to think. The main concern In Michael Moore’s Bowling for Columbine and Jeff Warrick‘s Programming the Nation, is are people aware of the effects that media has on them.

Have you ever watched a food commercial with images of juicy burgers or rich dark chocolate and instantly desired to eat that particular food based on the picture? These are clever advertising and marketing tools used to lure consumers with enticing the imagination. These tools have been used for many years and prey on our use of visual literacy. Visual literacy is the capacity to explain what we see through images and make meaning of them. The textbook, Visual Literacy: Learning to See, and Brian Kennedy’s video, Visual Literacy and Why We Need It, explains the definition of visual literacy differently. The textbook and B. Kennedy’s video both offer an intellectual clarity on visual literacy, but the textbook gives a more accurate definition based on today’s world, seeing as there is a continuous use of images in advertisements and marketing, which rely on much more than just our sight.

Media literacy is defined as "the ability to access, analyze, evaluate, and communicate messages in a variety of forms" (Know TV). In more practical terms, media literacy means questioning the media and interpreting its many messages accordingly. Students are exposed to mass quantities of media on a daily basis. They watch television and movies, read books, newspapers, and magazines, listen to music, and in more recent years explore the Internet. This extreme exposure to media outlets leads to the need for education about the media. Media literacy is one way to help educate students about issues in which they are already actively engaged. Media literacy should be implemented into