Friday, January 9, 2009

Principles for a new media literacy

In the age of the Internet and blogging, we are creators as well as consumers of media. With the increase of media and the need to blog, we need more sophisticated media literacy. Let's use the following as a guide.

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Principles of media consumption:
  1. Be skeptical of absolutely everything.
  2. Although skepticism is essential, don't be equally skeptical of everything.
  3. Go outside your personal comfort zone.
  4. Ask more questions.
  5. Understand and learn media techniques.
Principles of media creation:
  1. Do your homework, and then do some more.
  2. Get it right, every time.
  3. Be fair to everyone.
  4. Think independently, especially of your own biases.
  5. Practice and demand transparency.

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