Media literacy

Media literacy is the process of accessing, analyzing, evaluating and creating messages in a wide variety of media modes, genres and forms. It uses an inquiry-based instructional model that encourages people to ask questions about what they watch, see, and read. Media literacy education provides tools to help people critically analyze messages to detect propaganda, censorship, and bias in news and public affairs programming (and the reasons for such), and to understand how structural features -- such as media ownership, or its funding model[1] -- affect the information presented. Media literacy aims to enable people to be skillful creators and producers of media messages, both to facilitate an understanding as to the strengths and limitations of each medium, as well as to create independent media. Media literacy is an expanded conceptualization of literacy. By transforming the process of media consumption into an active and critical process, people gain greater awareness of the potential for misrepresentation and manipulation (especially through commercials and public relations techniques), and understand the role of mass media and participatory media in constructing views of reality.-wikipedia.com


i think media literacy is important to FCM students because the FCM students cant really cope with the way of studies. This is because most FCM students study using their imaginary not facts and rule. Some of the FCM they like to study using different type of media. The way of studies should be in many different way because some students cant cope with one way to study.

Media Stereotype

Stereotype is often used with a negative connotation when referring to an oversimplified, exaggerated, or demeaning assumption that a particular individual possesses the characteristics associated with the class due to his or her membership in it - wikipedia.

Stereotypes can appear in the media because of the biases of writers, directors, producers, reporters and editors and it can be either positive or negative.Stereotype usually relating to the class, ethnicity or race, gender, and sexual orientation.

One of stereotype example is black men are good at basketball and we can see this in many movies. When the camera captured a scene of people playing basketball, it always black men whose playing it. Why aren’t white men playing it? They not good at basketball, do they?

This Week Class

There's no class this week.
It's holiday~

Rumors, lies and innuendo spread far, wide, and fast on the Internet.

Do you often take what is on the Internet as truth without thinking much about it? If yes, why? If no, why? Discuss this in your own words.

I usually didn’t take what on the internet as truth because, as shown on the comic strip given, anybody can write an article on internet. We can’t sure that the fact is true.

There’s always a risk when we try to find information on the internet. There’s lots of information we can get. Some of it is good information but some of it is just not true. It’s hard to find a reliable web site that we can trust. There’s always a doubt when getting information, especially when the author of the sites is not a professional. When I’m looking for facts, I find it in few different web sites and compare the information. By this way, I can find out which fact is true and which one is not.

Today, we can get information on blog, forum, etc. Most of it gives facts in what they believe. This is one of the reasons why information on internet can’t be trusted 100% because we can’t guarantee that what they believe is true. Some individual or group may try to spread false information for their own benefit. For example, if a person tries to sell a product on-line, they may use false information to attract people to buy it.

We have to be careful when we read something on the internet. Be aware on what we read and try to use our best judgement before believing on what we read.

Social Media

Social media can be defined in many ways. It is Internet- and mobile-oriented tools for information interchange, discussion, relationship, connecting, sharing information and many more.

Social media came in many configurations such as, social networking like Myspace and Facebook, blog, vblog. Internet forums, and etc.
The advantages of social media is that, it helps to bond relationship between one and another, we can easily communicate with people from another part of the world and learn about their culture at a very low cost. And it made life easier too. You wouldn’t have to write, seal a stamp and post your letter just to get in touch with your love ones. Instant Message (IM) like Yahoo Messenger (YM), Skype, MSN had made it easier.

Furthermore, with social media like blog and vblog you can share a lot of things; your thought, pictures, videos and so much more. You can show off your creativity, skills and participate in certain community you chose to be. You can do most of everything without anybody controlling you and telling you what to do and what not.
On the other hands, there are also some disadvantages regarding this matter. Some people might misuse these technology for their own benefit to degrading others and some might also addicted to it.