Why Media Literacy is Important ?

    From the beginning of the 21st century the media has developed a great steps in the world. It became a brilliant information store for everything, entertainment to the citizens and one of the most dangerous manupulation weapon's of all time. That's why we, as citizens have to learn how to '' read '' the media.
                                                                               

                                                                            

    Media literacy skills can help youth and adults;

- Develop critical thinking skills

- Understand how media messages shape our culture and society

- Identify target marketing strategies

- Recognize bias, spin, misinformation and lies 

- Name the tecniques of persuasion used

- Recognize what the media maker wants us to believe or do

- Discover the parts of the story that are not being told

- Evaluate media messages based on our own experiences, skills, beliefs and values

- Create and distribute our own media messages

- Advocate for media justice


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