The document discusses media and information literacy. It defines media and information literacy as engaging in a process of inquiry to think critically about media and information by evaluating the source, context, message, and medium. Developing competencies in media and information literacy is important in today's media landscape where the lines between producers and consumers are blurred and misinformation can easily spread. The document emphasizes that media and information literacy is a lifelong learning skill that supports active, informed citizenship and helps ensure democracy is maintained online.

1. Creative and Interactive Symposium on being a
Media and Information Literate Individual
• Benefits of Media Literacy
• The benefits of media literacy for students are multiple. First and foremost, media literacy
helps students become wiser consumers of media as well as responsible producers of their
own media. Along those same lines, teaching media literacy helps to foster critical thinking in
students. This type of thinking can eventually become second nature, which help them in many
areas as they grow older. The focus is more on strengthening process skills, not content
knowledge.
• In a larger context, media literacy also fosters the skills that help people work together in
collaboration because it encourages respectful discourse and builds citizenship skulls.
• Media literacy will continue to play a key role in creating a new generation that can retain
critical thinking skills in the midst of media blizzard. Its an area where teachers who learn
about media literacy can have a profound

2. So, What is media and Information Lireracy
• Put simply, MIL aims to enable individuals to think critically about media and
the information they consume by engaging in a process of inquiry. The aim,
According to UNESCO’s definition of media and information literacy, is to
allow individuals to become engaged citizens and responsible decision-
makers. By evaluating the source, the context , the message and the medium
within which it is received, considering its representations and its intended
audience, as well as the institutional context from which the message
emerges, MIL invites individuals to evaluate media at a critical distance.

3. • Developing competencies towards media and information, is especially relevant within the contemporary
media landscape. The blurring of the lines between producers and consumers has challenged what we
consider media messages and made information access universal: a news headline, a video, a meme or a
social media post or comment vie for our attention on social media platforms. Nowadays, anyone can
create an official-looking website or social media account at very little cost. In fact, misinformation has
often stemmed from seemingly legitimate websites and this makes it very difficult to flag false or
misleading information using conventional methods, such as checklist, with questions that prompt
evaluation of sites for currency, relevance, accuracy, authority and purpose . When it comes to evaluating
news online, whether it’s from reputable sources or not, determining who and what to trust requires critical
reflection.
• However , it is useful to think of media and information literacy as a continuum rather than an outcome,
we can all be more media and information literate.
• As our dependence on technology increases, thinking critically about media and information is a life-long
learning skills that supports active and informed citizens who play a key role in ensuring democracy doesn’t
die online.
• Prepared by: GRADE 12 GIRLS