Friday, October 12, 2018
THE POWER OF MEDIA AND INFORMATION AND THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE USERS
THE POWER OF MEDIA AND INFORMATION AND THE RESPONSIBILITY OF
THE USERS
“The media has enormous power. The media is undergoing huge
changes now. It seemed like it's time to step back and look at how the media
shapes our lives and our perceptions of reality.”
—Thomas Hunt Morgan
Nowadays, Media and Information plays an important role in
our society and have a great contributions in different aspect. It influences
people because of different media platforms and information that opens a lot of
opportunities to us. Media and information helps and influence people
positively and negatively. We can't deny the fact that we already depending
ourselves in the power of it. Media is the physical objects used to communicate
with and information is the processed data, with that it let people updated,
aware, gain information and also entertain. We can also connect with our friends,
express our concerns and thoughts regarding some issues and access online
markets. Everything become easier and efficient because of it and the help of
internet. It empower citizens by providing them with the competencies like knowledge and skills and giving them a
useful information. But, the power of media and information depend on how we're
going to use it. Since it is powerful,
some people abuse it. Users should be responsible on using media and know to
evaluate information that have been spreading online. They should know and
apply the proper netiquettes in order to become media and information literate.
Its power become abuse when people tend to take advantage and opportunities in
a negative way that affects people lives like cybercrime, human trafficking,
false news, citizen journalism, phishing and many illegal doings. We may
encountering issues regarding illegal use of media but we as a user can avoid
and control it through becoming a responsible user.
We must know our limitations and keep on mind the
consequences of every action we make. Since it is just a one click and easy to
access, we must think first and have concern in our safety and privacy. Users
must post reliable information and can evaluate if it is true or opinion. Do
not support controversial issues that lead to many conflicts. Be aware enough
in sharing, posting and uploading photos and videos. Do not expose a lot of
information about important details about you because people can easily access
it. They say “With great power comes great responsibility." We have a
control in using media and information, it's up to us on how we're going to use
it, either in a positive or negative way.
Tuesday, August 14, 2018
ACT 4.- ESSAY: MEDIA AND INFORMATION SOURCES
ACT 4.- ESSAY: MEDIA AND INFORMATION SOURCES
“How do I choose from the wide variety of information made available by different sources?"
From the information made by different sources, I choose them through evaluating every details of information and I do comparison in which I compare if one information from one source is similar to another sources. It is better to become literate in every information we obtaining from different medias. Since I want an information that comply my needs and achieve the right standard, I have to consider many things in getting reliable, accurate and valid information. We all know that there's a wide variety of information and our responsibility is to filter out if that's come from an authority sources or come from institution. We need to check also the credibility and validity of every sites from internet. If we already trust or sure on a certain sites, get an information to it and remember to cite as an acknowledge to it. But before that, I choose also if a certain topic or information is relevant or has the quality of timeliness. It is really important to be careful in choosing what media is appropriate to use, what sites are having authority and what information can pass to the right standards. Don't be contented in one source of information, rather try to discover more and analyze every details. Another thing I consider in choosing is if an information meets my needs and if I can gain knowledge from reading it. All in all, we can be a wise and literate if we choose well, evaluate and filter out every information made by different sources or in the internet.
“How do I choose from the wide variety of information made available by different sources?"
From the information made by different sources, I choose them through evaluating every details of information and I do comparison in which I compare if one information from one source is similar to another sources. It is better to become literate in every information we obtaining from different medias. Since I want an information that comply my needs and achieve the right standard, I have to consider many things in getting reliable, accurate and valid information. We all know that there's a wide variety of information and our responsibility is to filter out if that's come from an authority sources or come from institution. We need to check also the credibility and validity of every sites from internet. If we already trust or sure on a certain sites, get an information to it and remember to cite as an acknowledge to it. But before that, I choose also if a certain topic or information is relevant or has the quality of timeliness. It is really important to be careful in choosing what media is appropriate to use, what sites are having authority and what information can pass to the right standards. Don't be contented in one source of information, rather try to discover more and analyze every details. Another thing I consider in choosing is if an information meets my needs and if I can gain knowledge from reading it. All in all, we can be a wise and literate if we choose well, evaluate and filter out every information made by different sources or in the internet.
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