MEDIA AND

INFORMATION
LITERACY
MS. JOANNE CRUZ
“MOST INFLUENTIAL PERSON
IN YOUR LIFE”

Who where
What
When Why
how
 INFORMATION
Data that has been collected, processed,
and interpreted in order to be presented
in a useable form.
INFORMATION
LITERACY
INFORMATION LITERACY
- a set of individual competencies needed to
identify, evaluate and use information in the
most ethical, efficient and effective way across
all domains, occupations and professions. It
refers to the ability to recognize when
information is needed and to locate, evaluate,
effectively use and communicate information
in its various formats.
1. WHY DO YOU NEED INFORMATION?
2. Where do you search for information?
3. How do you acquire and store information?
4. How will you determine the quality and
accuracy of the information that you have?
5. How do you use the information that you
have?
6. How will you communicate information?
STAGES/ELEMENTS OF INFORMATION
LITERACY
• Identifying/recognizing information needs
• Determining sources of information
• Citing or searching for information
• Analyzing and evaluating the quality of information
• Organizing, storing or archiving information
• Using information in an ethical, efficient and effective way
• Creating and communicating new knowledge
KNOWLEDGE IS POWER
“How does information
become knowledge?”
ETHICAL USE OF
INFORMATION
PLAGIARISM
Using other people’s words and ideas
without clearly acknowledging the source of
the information
COMMON KNOWLEDGE
Facts that can be found in numerous places
and are likely to be widely known.
Example: John F. Kennedy was elected
President of the United States in 1960. This
is generally known information. You do not
need to document this fact
INTERPRETATION
You must document facts that are not generally
known, or ideas that interpret facts.
Example: Michael Jordan is the greatest
basketball player ever to have played the game.
This idea is not a fact but an interpretation or an
opinion. You need to cite the source.
QUOTATION
Using someone’s words directly. When you use
a direct quote, place the passage between
quotation marks, and document the source
according to a standard documenting style.
Example: According to John Smith in The New
York Times, “37% of all children under the age
of 10 live below the poverty line”. You need to
cite the source
PARAPHRASE
Using someone’s ideas, but rephrasing them
in your own words. Although you will use
your own words to paraphrase, you must
still acknowledge and cite the source of the
information
 Plagiarism has legal implications. While ideas themselves
are not copyrightable, the artistic expression of an idea
automatically falls under copyright when it is created. Under
fair use, small parts may be copied without permission from
the copyright holder. However, even under fair use - in
which you can use some parts of the material for academic
or non-profit purposes - you must attribute the original
source. What is considered fair use is rather subjective and
can vary from country to country.
STRATEGIES IN AVOIDING PLAGIARISM
1. Submit your own work for publication.
2. You need to cite even your own work.
3. Put quotation marks around everything that comes directly
from the text and cite the source.
4. Paraphrase, but be sure that you are not simply rearranging
or replacing a few words and cite the source.
5. Keep a source journal, a notepad, or note cards- annotated
bibliographies can be especially beneficial • Use the style
manual in properly citing sources
6. Get help from the writing center or library
“STATE THE IMPORTANCE
OF GIVING CREDIT TO THE
SOURCE OF ONE’S WORK.
ELABORATE YOUR
ANSWER.”
RETRIEVED FROM:
University, T. C. (n.d.). Media and Information
Literacy. Published by the Commission on Higher
Education, 2016.
POINTERS TO REVIEW:
1.Introduction to media and Information
Literacy
2.Evolution of media (Pre-Industrial Age –
Information Age)
3.Information Literacy
THANK YOU FOR
LISTENING!