An Introduction to Media Literacy

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Author(s): Belgin Arslan-Cansever (Ege University, Turkey)
Copyright: 2021
Pages: 19
Source title: Research Anthology on Developing Critical Thinking Skills in Students
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Information Resources Management Association (USA)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-3022-1.ch004

Keywords: Education / Information Science Reference / Instructional Design / Learning Assessment and Measurement

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Abstract

In today's information society, the media have important functions in the formation of certain perceptions by regulating the social lives of individuals. This occurs through messages that come in different formats (verbally, audibly, visually etc.) from the media. It is through the media literacy that enables reading messages from the media and interpreting them critically. The aim of this chapter is to provide some theoretical perspectives on media literacy. In this context, media literacy has been explained in detail. For this, primarily the differences between reading-writing and literacy are revealed. Besides conceptual media literacy, its necessity and some examples of practices in the world related to its education are mentioned. The chapter also addresses the basic paradigms in media literacy.

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