Double Entry Journal #6

The relationship between media literacy skills and traditional literacy skills are intertwined yet different in several ways. Media literacy used to focus more on moral issues such as stereotypes and undesirable influences and also on things such as advertising. However, today's digital media is focused more on the technological aspect of things and about using technology correctly and to the fullest extent. They also have a relationship when it comes down to how things are read. While it may seem like there isn't a difference between reading something in a book and reading it online, for some people there is. Nevertheless, the same skills used in offline reading are the same skills used in online reading as well. There also is now the problem with having to judge whether or not the work is true, where as when it is in a textbook there is not much doubt that it's a reliable source.


QUOTE:

"Researchers who directed several hundred college students to three bogus Web sites about fictitious nutritional supplements found that half of the students lacked the skills to identify the trustworthiness of the information, yet most thought they had strong research skills (Ivanitskaya, O'Boyle, & Casey, 2006)."

RESPONSE:                                                                                                                                       
The fact that college students who thought they had strong research skills were able to be fooled by bogus sites really surprised me. Because of the technological age that we have grown up in I assumed students my age would be able to judge whether or not information was false based on the sources given. I think a major reason is we assume information can be taken at face value when we really need to look into it further. This is a good example of the fact that media literacy skills need to become a more important part of the education system everywhere.


I chose this video because I think it is a good representation of media literacy.

SOURCES:

David, J. L. (2009). Teaching media literacy. Educational Leadership, 66(6), 84-86. Retrieved from http://www.ascd.org/publications/educational-leadership/mar09/vol66/num06/Teaching-Media-Literacy.aspx

Ivanitskaya, L., O'Boyle, I., & Casey, A. M. (2006). Health information literacy and competencies of information age students: Results from the Interactive Online Research Readiness Self-Assessment (RRSA). Journal of Medical Internet Research, 8(2), e6.

(2009). Show your media literacy. (2009). [Web Video]. Retrieved from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5v6uG4-lNLo&context=C372aee1ADOEgsToPDskJGSg457XcNsuDGrZ9XouF6