LESSON 11: REFLECTION AND ARTIFACTS ON THE CLASS DEBATE ON THE IMPACT OF MIL

Topic 1: Media And Information Technologies Promote Greater Socio-Political Participation Among The Citizens

Reason 1

• Media  influence brought by information has opened a lot of doors to us, it paved way for the emergence of new and efficient communication platforms; It led to the development of convenient online markets; it made researching for information accessible to everyone; and it gave us “freedom of speech.” The outgrowth of social media did not only made communication across long distances easier but it also gave us our freedom to voice our opinions and ideas publicly.

Reason 3

• Democracy depends on citizens being informed, and since our media, reports mostly what the people in power do, and repeats what the people in power say, the public is badly informed, and it means we cannot really say we have a functioning democracy. Envision a society where people are responsible in using media, people who start meaningful changes and people who harness the ceaseless possibilities of media, it is a society that we can achieve with our individual efforts on being accountable with our power to express our opinions and as netizens.

Topic 2: Media And Information Technologies Improves Learning Environments

Reason 1

• The technology and media will give more opportunities to discover the potential relationship between teaching process and learning environments .  That technology could be the cognitive tools to create a new knowledge which integrated with the environments.

Reason 2 

• We have to be wisely when we decide to use media and technology in our process learning. It is important to do to get the advantages and hide the disadvantages ones. Technology and media have transformed the process learning and interacting of learners with their environment. 

Reflection

    The media  essential skills and competencies that allow individuals to engage with media and other information providers effectively, as well as develop critical thinking and life-long learning skills to socialize and become active citizens and also the information literacy what about. Media is an important part of our life now, it is playing a very important role in every way of life. It connects us with the scenarios in the world and informs us many things like news, history, entertainment etc. Which helps us lot in being an upgraded personality. Media helps in bringing the true facts and information of the world in front of our eyes. If there was no media, then there was life but without any information and knowledge. The media is part of our lives and has an enormous influence on our society. The importance of media is growing every day due to the great connectivity that exists around the globe. For this reason, it is necessary that each one of us becomes aware of the power of the media. This allows us to be critical of all the information we receive daily. The media greatly influences society. They inform people about what is happening. It permeates people’s lives by creating their own criteria and opinions. In this way the media moves the masses, creating different social movements.