Lesson 2: Essay About Information Literacy

  

    Media and information plays an important role in our society. Students need this the most because most of the school works, nowadays, requires the use of gadgets and technology. With knowledge, students can easily comply the academic requirements. This lesson does not only provide technical knowledge about media but it also let the students to apply the knowledge in a practical way and open a bridge to connect each other and build a good relationship with each other.          

      It can give us information that we need in order for us to be updated in our society or we can be updated what is the latest trend.  In fact, media influence has become so powerful today that they can easily influence people positively or negatively. We also live in a society that people nowadays depends on the media as a source of entertainment and information. Many people would say that their life would be incomplete without media.The power of media lies in the hands of its users, thus are responsible for the effects of what they do.

        The information coming from the media guided me as a student and helped me a lot to become more literate in spreading information which should be real and factual. I have also learned the impact of social media to every user who is using it. We use our freedom of expression to show what we feel towards different issues and problem in the society especially when its about our right. But we should also consider and think first what we omit in the social media because it can hurt other people and disregard their right as a uses. 

       Social media, however, is in a wide range and easily is accessed by different people. Educated or not, it is their right to be a part of social media, thus allowing those irresponsible users to enter the world of media. Some do already know what are their responsibilities and are just naturally rude or moral. But there are still those who do not. The use of media can be positive and negative to the individual or society. In a positive way, media makes our lifestyle easier, for example, we can get to know what is going on out there, locally or globally, within a short space of time. Even though there are so many benefits from media images.

       Media and information literacy enables people to interpret and make informed judgments as users of information and media, as well as to become skillful creators and producers of information and media messages in their own right. It's so easy to get caught up in preparing for our future career that we forget that Media Information Literacy is the best time to learned is the best time to pick up new skills, to challenge yourself. it's just so interesting how media information literacy brings together people from all over the world, with such diverse experiences, beliefs and dreams.

      Media and Information Literacy is the subject that help me to better understand  what is the true essense of using online apps and how to be a good online user.In this class I have learned a lot of things that can help me to be a good steward online.We all know that we have the rights to use online apps freely that we can post or share different thoughts and even sharing our own feelings that sometimes can help us to lessen our problems and of being stress.