Write a discussion post examine one to two political focused videos regarding challenging or banning books; then compare it to the propaganda the Nazi's used for book banning in World War II.
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Media literacy can be defined as one's ability to decode media messages including the systems in which those messages exist; one's ability to assess the influence of those messages on thoughts, feelings, and behaviors; and one’s ability to create media both thoughtfully and conscientiously (Media Literacy Now, 2024).
To better understand what media literacy encompasses, we must define media. Media is news programs (on television, radio, online, and print), opinions (often on websites, and based around news), advertisements (physical and online), marketing messages (on television, radio, online, and print), video games, music streaming apps, online video streaming companies, and social media post (Fresno Pacific University, 2018).
For students in higher academic settings, media literacy enables students to become wise consumers of media as well as responsible creators of their own media, media literacy can foster the skills students need to help create collaboration as it encourages respectful discourse between humans of diverse cultures, and if utilized correctly medial literacy can assist in building global citizenship skills as collaboration continues (Fresno Pacific University, 2018).
References
Fresno Pacific University. (2018, December 17). Why today’s students need media literacy more than ever. Fresno Pacific University. https://ce.fresno.edu/news/why-today-s-students-need-media-literacy-more-than-ever/
Media Literacy Now. (2017, January 17). What is Media Literacy? Www.youtube.com. https://youtu.be/GIaRw5R6Da4
Media Literacy Now. (2024, January 28). What is media literacy? Medialiteracynow.org. https://medialiteracynow.org/challenge/what-is-media-literacy/
TEDx Talks. (2024, August 27). Media and Democracy: Finding Facts in the Mess of Misinformation | Lisa Remillard | TEDxBillings. YouTube. https://youtu.be/J2jqtfczPzc