ARELLANO UNIVERSITY

Jose Abad Santos Campus

3058 Taft Avenue, Pasay City

MEDIA AND
INFORMATION LITERACY

MS. ALMIRA M. CAHILIG

SUBJECT TEACHER
 TEXT
INFORMATION
OBJECTIVES
a) Describe the different dimensions of text information and
media.
b) Comprehend how text information and media are formally
and informally produced, organized, and disseminated.
c) Evaluate the reliability and validity of text information and
media and their sources using selection criteria.
d) Produce and evaluate a creative text-based presentation
using design principle and elements.
 TEXT
 Any "human- readable sequence of
characters" that can form intelligible words.
 A simple and flexible format of presenting
information or conveying ideas whether
hand-written, printed or displayed on-
screen.
 TEXT INFORMATION
 It can be writer in script using the Roman
alphabet or a different script that is
appropriate to the language of the reader.
 For example; Japanese, Chinese, and Korean
textbooks are using their own language.
 TWO SOUCES OF
TEXT INFORMATION
FORMAL INFORMAL
1.• FORMAL
News Article - TEXT
•Blogs BASED
• Published Books
2.• INFORMAL
Newspapers
- TEXT
•Personal BASED
E-mails
•
•SMS or Text
Magazines
• Advertisements Messages
• Research Works • Online Messengers
•Social Media
CREATORS OF
TEXT
INFORMATION
CREATORS OF TEXT
INFORMATION

1.AUTHOR
CREATORS OF TEXT
INFORMATION

2. WRITER
 CREATORS OF TEXT
INFORMATION

3. CONTRIBUTOR
CREATORS OF TEXT
INFORMATION

4. COLUMNIST
CREATORS OF TEXT
INFORMATION

5. BLOGGER
CREATORS OF TEXT
INFORMATION

6. EDITOR
CREATORS OF TEXT
INFORMATION

7. PUBLISHER
 CLASSIFICATIONS OF
TEXT INFORMATION

1. FICTION
2. NON-FICTION
 HOW TEXT INFORMATION
IS PRODUCED
1. The writer selects a topic or an issue worth writing about.
2. The writer does a thorough gathering of information about the
topic.
3. The writer constructs an outline of the topic and composes the
draft.
4. The writer goes back to the draft and develops it into a full
text.
5. The writer turns in the article to the editor or publisher.
 TYPES OF TEXT
1. Hypertext
2. Plain Text/Unformatted Text
3. Formatted Text
 TYPES OF TEXT
1. HYPERTEXT
• Serve to link different electronic
documents and enable users to jump
from one to other in a nonlinear way.
 TYPES OF TEXT
2. Plain Text/Unformatted Text
• Fixed size characters having
essentially the same type of
appearance.
 TYPES OF TEXT
3. FORMATTED TEXT
• Appearance can be changed, using
font parameters (bold, underline,
italic, font size, font colors, etc.)
 TEXT AS VISUAL
TYPEFACE
A representation or style of a
text in the digital format.
 TEXT AS VISUAL
Different emotions and meanings are
expressed when various fonts are used. In
case there is an absence of images or
drawing, the easiest way to communicate to
people is through TEXT.
TYPES OF TYPEFACES
1) SERIF
2) SANS SERIF
3) SLAB SERIF
4) SCRIPT
5) DECORATIVE
 Design Principles and
1.
Elements
You can make the text bold, italicized, have a heavier weight,
darkened or lightened or enlarged. A. Emphasis
2. Refers to how fitting or suitable the text is used for a specific
audience, purpose or event. B. Appropriateness
3. Refers to how near or how far are the text elements from
each other. C. Proximity
4. Refers to how the text is positioned in the page. This can be
left, right, center or justified. D. Alignment
5. Refers to a conscious effort to organize the different text
elements in a page E. Organization
6. Encourages the use of repeating some typefaces within the
page. F. Repetition
7. Achieved when two elements are different from each other.
G. Contrast
No matter how brief or lengthy,
however, text is always
carefully written with the
intent of sending a very specific
message to the target audience.
 Identify the concepts
being described in each
item
THE FOLLOWING COMPRISES A
TYPEFACE EXCEPT.
A. Alphabet
B. Numbers
C. Emoticon
D. Symbols
WHICH TYPEFACE HAS A CLEAN AND
MINIMALIST LOOK TO THE TEXT?
A. Serif
B. Sans Serif
C. Slab Serif
D. Script
WHICH TEXT INFORMATION SHOULD USE
WHEN THEY NEED DATA FOR A RESEARCH
PAPER?
A. Legends
B. Journals
C. Magazines
D. Fable
 WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING
MATERIAL IS SUITED FOR A SCRIPT
A. Newspaper
TYPEFACE?
B. Billboard ads
C. Books
D. Wedding
Invitations
WHICH IS NOT A CHARACTERISTIC OF
A SERIF TYPEFACE?
A. Classic
B. Readability
C. Extravagant
D. Formality
 WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING IS NOT
THE EDITOR’S RESPONSIBILITY
A. Acquires and manages publication
B. Coordinates with the author and writer
C. Reviews and revises content for
publication
D. Ensures that corrections are done from
start to end
REFERS TO HOW FITTING OR SUITABLE THE
TEXT IS USED FOR A SPECIFIC AUDIENCE,
PURPOSE OR EVENT.
A. Emphasis
B. Contrast
C. Appropriateness
D. Repetition
SOMEONE WHO WRITES BOOKS, STORIES, OR
ARTICLES ON DIFFERENT KINDS OF TOPICS.

A. Contributor
B. Writer
C. Publisher
D. Author
REFERS TO HOW NEAR OR FAR THE TEXT
ELEMENTS ARE FROM EACH OTHER

A. Proximity
B. Organization
C. Alignment
D. Contrast
ACTIVITY
TIME!
 PASS THE TEXT!
• You are task to have 6
representatives each group.
• Student in the back will write
the answer on the board.
• The group who FIRST get 5
points will be the WINNER.
 QUESTION # 1
Someone who writes books,
stories, or articles on different
kinds of topics. Someone whose
work has already been
published.
 QUESTION # 2
News Article, Published
Books, Newspapers,
Magazines are examples of
what source of Text
 QUESTION # 3
Referred as font, font type, is
usually composed of
alphabets, numbers,
symbols, etc.
 QUESTION # 4
A design principle that refers
to how fitting or suitable the
text is used for a specific
audience, purpose or event.
 QUESTION # 5
The simplest format of
presenting information or
conveying ideas whether hand-
written, printed or displayed
on-screen.