MIL (Media Information Literacy)

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The Good and the Bad: How Social Media Affected Me as a Gen Z Individual

Technology has helped our people a lot through various researches. They have done a lot to make the process easier using internet -connected digital technology. Using social media, in my opinion, is a huge assistance to young people like me since it allows us to try new things. Since we have entered a new normal, social media has had a significant impact on our lives, particularly our studies, politics, and global events. Through social media we can also quickly talk to our loved ones who are far away and we can also show our talent using it. Because social media has a varied effect on people's lives and quickly spreads what you have done wrong, don't let its use be ruined so that we don't end up in danger.

As a part of the Generation Z, social media plays an important role in our daily lives. Social media has a variety of consequences on us, both positive and negative. However, social media has both positive and negative consequences. We should be responsible and carefully manage our time when using social media, but if you are addicted, you will be unable to do anything but spend your entire day on it. It is also hazardous to the users, particularly young ones. Social media can take us to the dark side of the internet, where we face the negativity and toxicity of an online community where things are posted and shared that are improper for some people. We don't want to engage in or confront things like cyberbullying, exploitations, incorrect information, or privacy issues online and other threats that are related online. And these are the things that make us worse. As a member of Generation Z and a digital native, it's critical to avoid partaking in activities like this, as well as uploading, sharing, and reading materials connected to it, in order to avoid anxiety attacks and tension.

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Digital Divide in the New Normal

Amidst the emergence of the pandemic, the course of our lives has changed due to the new normal caused by the pandemic. So the distance between people is gradually widening because there are so many impossible things to do. The digital divide has been a huge help to each of us because we have learned how to use a digital device and enter the world of cyberspace so that we don’t get caught up in everything that is further improving all the technology in each country. As of today, it is more important to use different types of the internet because here we can more easily get the information gathered around us. It has a big influence on us today because this way our work, study and business process is faster. However, we do not just impose this kind of thing because sometimes it affects other people such as displaying bad behavior and using social media platforms.

As we are facing a pandemic, the digital divide is unavoidable. Now that we've settled into the new normal, we can clearly see the divide between people. Our socioeconomic disparities have become so obvious that we have resorted to doing everything we can just to keep up with the new normal. We make every effort to enter cyberspace in order to avoid falling behind in the world of digital literacy. On the plus side, this digital divide will help us learn more about the things we don't know, and we'll be able to become digital citizens if we allow ourselves to learn new things, which is especially important now that we're dealing with a pandemic. But, at the end of the day, we must always remember to post responsibly.

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Delivering News in the Present Age

The role of media in the present age is very significant and relevant in spreading information worldwide. Each of these media has its own purpose and role to work with. And each of them plays an important function in a particular scope. It is undeniably the most used platform by people around the world. It builds opportunities and influences for those people who needed attention online to voice out their ideas and advocacy online and they are the so-called "social media influencers. Delivering the news to the present age is easier and faster. Media outlets in the present age adopted like ABS-CBN and CNN, because of that news spreads like wildfire. From the news outlets to a person and from a person to another person. A single click is all it needs for it to spread like wildfire. As it gets easier the risk of being misinformed also gets larger.

In today's era, it is much easier to deliver news and information that is happening in the present. Because of modern technologies, it is faster to deliver more information to people and it is less difficult to find news of what is really going on in politics, showbiz, sports, and abroad. It wasn't like that before, it was difficult to get news on what was happening around the country because there was not much information to be gained, perhaps without much technology. Due to the rapid rise of each country, there are more types of technology available to deliver news to different parts of the country such as cellphones, televisions, computers, radios and etc.

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Understanding the Relevance of Information and News Literacy in the Midst of Social Era

We are very dependent on the use of technology. Amidst the social era, information and new literacies are very important as they are the abilities in practices that allow people to access media sources for information. Therefore, we should be careful and skeptical in taking in information to prevent misinformation which is rampant nowadays. In order to avoid these information disorders, it is important to use our critical thinking skills to evaluate the kind of information that is being accessed and shared. Knowing its importance helps us in making proper judgments as to the recipient of media and information. Moreover, it aids in making us skillful and wiser enough in information and media messages.

Information is now everywhere, you can get information from rumors or you can hear it from the television and radio. In this era, information is easily communicated. With a single click, you can easily relay information to your friends, relatives, or to a group and because of the wide diversity of people who can easily access the internet and/or the different social media platforms, there is a downside to it which is the spreading of unreliable, not credible, and/or fabricated data. Social media platforms like FB, Twitter, Instagram, etc., cannot identify whether the information being relayed is fake or real. There are also some instances wherein there is a headline but when you click it, it just says "it's a prank". That's why information and news literacy are relevant in this era so that you won't be a victim of misinformation and share false information because false information can be harmful to you and everyone around you. That is why there is a need to verify the credibility and reliability of the information gathered and look into it so that you won't be misinformed.

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Media Evolution and the Changing World

The innovation of the media and technology evolves in different ways as the world develops. In this Digital Era, we can't let ourselves be behind on the trends. The evolution of this Era has become more independent on those things that have become part of our lives where media brought such a massive change in our lives. And as the media evolves, we the people are also evolving. Every day we gain more knowledge and attaining more access to the internet world. Especially to the students who are exposed to Social media. The knowledge of students nowadays has been more enhanced with the help of new media. It allows us to interact with other people worldwide and gives us the knowledge that we need in our academic studies.

Media is a medium used for mass communication. The world progresses so as the media because communications are needed in every society so if the society evolves media also needs to follow. Media helps us communicate with people better no matter where we are because the media uses the internet to make that possible. It can also make our business promote more efficiently because we can use the media to make your business known to everyone. Media's evolution is astonishing, from a specific area of society to a worldwide network and from hard copies to a video format. Every time media evolves has great benefits to us and as long as media kept evolving it will become easier to communicate.

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The Value of Being a Media and Information Literate Individual

As part of the 21st Literature Era. Media and Information Literacy is a competency that our Era needed to equip. We use it in our daily lives, to communicate and share information with other people. And it really makes our lives easier and convenient. Media and Information Literacy have been a big impact on us, It really has mattered for a reason that we tend to connect people to communicate. Like Social Media; Facebook and Messenger has become the most essential tool or medium especially when it comes to communication. It made it possible for us to interact with other people in real-time as if we are talking to them in real life.

Being a Media and Information literate individual nowadays is beneficial. Because we have access to the vast amount of information filtered and non filtered, like internet, Tv, Radio and many more. Some information might not be real and some are biased. Media and information literate individual reduces the risk of being tricked of false information and it also derives us on looking more into things because some information is biased so you need to look on different perspectives. Through these mediums, We can easily communicate and be updated on the activities in our daily lives with the people We love, specifically those who are far away from us. Social Media has been an effective way so far when it comes to the quantity and quality of information that is given to people. It’s a good thing, especially that we are in the middle of pandemic. We are allowing ourselves to be updated on the things that are happening outside our individual homes. It is somehow our responsibility to know if the information we’ve gathered is factual, to alleviate misinterpretation.