BARRET, VENCENT DAVE B.

BSED32-ENGLISH
BUILDING AND ENHANCING NEW LITERACIES

1. What is the importance of media literacy? Give your opinion.

Media Literacy , put simply, is the ability to identify different types of media and
the messages they are sending. When we speak of media, it encompasses print media,
such as newspapers, magazines and posters, and theatrical presentations, tweets,
radio broadcasts, etc. Being able to understand these various forms of information with
an ability to make sense of what is presented or conveyed.

The importance of this media literacy is that,we as the readers or viewers have
now the knowledge to view the media objectively, with the goal to find out or analyze
what is being presented. In a perfect world, both sides of every argument or depiction
would be presented and we would be able to make informed decisions based on the
information we receive in the media.

2. Why should you practice critical literacy? Give its importance.

I need to practice this critical literacy in order for me to become critically

literate. As according to Arthur 2001 that “Being critically literate helps expands
adolescents’ minds as well. Having the skill and the ability to look deeper into the
meaning of a source will make the students use parts of thinking they never have
before. They must think about all the factors that go into the text they are
analyzing. Students that are being critically literate achieve the skill to “critique
their taken-for-granted- assumptions.”

Being critically literate is important for all ages and is needed for students
in this age of technology for them to succeed. Having these skills gives
adolescents the ability to look deeper into the meaning of text and also
understand what is right and what is wrong.