LESSON 4 MEDIA AND INFORMATION

LITERACY
INFORMATION LITERACY
 LESSON OBJECTIVES:
• Define information needs: can locate, access,
assess, organize, and communicate information.
• Demonstrate ethical use of information.
• Create an activity matrix applying components
of information.
ETHICAL USE OF INFORMATION
GUIDELINES ON THE ETHICAL USE OF INFORMATION

1)Respect the author’s intentions.

2)Do not change the author’s main
idea
3)Do not ignore information that
conflicts with your thesis
4)Context matters
DIFFERENT
TYPES OF
CITATIONS
1)APA ( AMERICAN
PSYCHOLOGY
ASSOCIATION)
EDUCATION
SCIENCES
2.) MLA (MODERN
LANGUAGE
ASSOCIATION)
HUMANITIES
 NOW TO USE MLA FORMAT:
In Books:
Full Reference Structure: Author’s Last Name, First Name. Title.
Publisher, Year published.
Example: Baron, Dennis. What’s Your Pronoun? Beyond He & She.
Liveright, 2020

In-text Structures: Author’s Last Name…(page number)

Example: Baron…(82)
3.) CHICAGO/TURIBIAN

Business
History
Fine arts
 NOW TO USE CHICAGO/TURABIAN FORMAT:
Format:
1. Author Last Name, Author First Name. ”Title of the article”
Publication title volume number, issue no.(publication date): pages of entire
article, URL/DOI
Example: Gerda Lerner, “The Grimke Sisters and the Struggle against Race
Prejudice.” The journal of Negro History 48, no.4 (October 1993): 278,
https://doi.org/10.2307.2716330
2. Last Name, “Article Tittle”, page number
Example: Lerner, “The Grimke Sisters”, 290
HOW DO PEOPLE PRACTICE INFORMATION LITERACY?
Students
Teachers
Medical Practitioners
Lawyers
Journalists and Reporters
Artist
Scientist