– What is media literacy?
It is an ability to recognize whether the information you are received from social media is true or not.
– Why is it important?
Because it helps people to recognize what is right or what is wrong. And people believe in what they think is interesting rather than is true.
– Why is it dismissed?
Why is it dismissed?
She said that news on TV is business, they only show what makes the most profit. And they tend to affect people’s minds and to let people believe in what they see. So people won’t see a lot of information about media literacy, and it is eventually dismissed.
– Why should you aim for varied views but the factual consensus in your PLN?
It is good to have people who are not in your field. If something bad happened, we can share it in the PLN, and people may come to you and say this is totally normal. It is also good to have people in your field because they are the people having the same interest as you do, and their voice should be the loudest in the room.
The reason why we should also see the factual consensus is that if we are not, we will shield up and block information away.
I very much agree with your view that media literacy is to help people identify what is right and what is wrong. This is the ability to distinguish between right and wrong. In today’s society, everyone needs that.
I agree that people need to have the ability to distinguish between right and wrong information. PLN should gather people with different views. Otherwise, when people only see one-sided information, they are confused. Thus, they cannot judge the real information.